Turkey: Football professional temporarily arrested after commemorating Hamas victims

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Sagiv Jehezkel equalizes for Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. While celebrating the goal, the Israeli remembers the Hamas massacre. Now the judiciary is investigating – and he has lost his job.

Israeli football professional Sagiv Jehezkel was arrested twice after his public commemoration of the victims of the Hamas massacre on October 7th during a game in the Turkish Süper Lig. The state news agency Anadolu reported this on Monday night. The player from the first division club Antalyaspor was accused of sedition, it was said. Meanwhile, the Turkish news agency DHA reported that Jehezkel was free again and was on his way to Israel.

Jehezkel held his bandaged arm up to the cameras in the game against Trabzonspor on Sunday after scoring an equalizer. On it was handwritten in English the note “100 days” and the date October 7th. and a Star of David. The club immediately released the 28-year-old winger. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Foreign Ministry are trying to bring the player to Israel, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported.

On October 7, 2023, terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups carried out a massacre in southern Israel. They killed 1,200 people and kidnapped around 250 others to the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, almost 24,000 people have now been killed there.

Jehezkel is an Israeli international and only moved from Hapoel Beer Sheva to Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in September. In 13 games this season he has eight goals. The equalizer on Sunday was his sixth goal of the season.

Note: The article has been updated several times.

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