Israeli footballer returning home after Turkish arrest over hostage message

Sagiv Jehezkel released from police custody in Antalya Antalyaspor player wore ‘100 days’ bandage on wrist

Turkish authorities have released the Israeli football player Sagiv Jehezkel from police custody and he will return to his home country on Monday, the foreign ministry in Jerusalem announced on Monday morning.

Jehezkel had been detained in Antalya after wearing a bandage on his left wrist during a match with the words “100 days”, the date of the Hamas militant attack that precipitated Israel’s war in Gaza, and a Star of David.

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