Paris Olympics Begin as Sports World Reeling from Loss of 400 Palestinian Athletes in Gaza War
News - Middle East: The 2024 Olympic Games kick off in Paris as the sports world suffers from losing hundreds of potential Palestinian Olympians to the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The French capital held the event’s inauguration ceremony on Friday, with more than 10,000 athletes in attendance from over 200 countries.
Palestine, however, is represented by no more than eight athletes, having lost scores of would-be Olympians in the Israeli regime’s deadly aggression against Gaza.
About 400 Palestinian athletes have been killed since October 7, when the regime began waging the war on the territory, figures provided by the Palestinian Olympic Committee and Palestine Football Association (PFA) show.
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Palestinian medical sources: 31 martyrs reported in the continuous Israeli bombardment on various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
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Palestinian sources: At least 12 were killed, most of them children, in the Israeli attack on a home in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza Strip
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Palestinian medical sources: 21 martyrs in continuous Israeli strikes on various areas in Gaza since dawn today.
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Palestinian sources: The number of martyrs in the Israeli attack on a residential apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has risen to 7.
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The National: A relentless confrontation is taking place with some of the world’s most advanced armies.
