{"id":62555,"date":"2023-11-10T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=62555"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:54:55","slug":"israels-national-football-team-arrives-in-kosovo-under-strict-security-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/israels-national-football-team-arrives-in-kosovo-under-strict-security-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel&#8217;s national football team in Kosovo under strict security measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s national soccer team arrived in Kosovo on Friday, after strict security measures were taken at Pristina airport.<\/p>\n<p>The national team of Kosovo and that of Israel will play a qualifying match for the European Championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The two buses of the Israeli team were escorted by several Kosovo Police cars from the airport to the hotel where the team is staying, with increased security measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Football Federation has posted on X &#8211; formerly known as Twitter &#8211; a video showing the players on their way to the airport in Israel, who were forced to take shelter after a rocket was fired nearby.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing will stop us on our way to Euro 2024,&#8221; the federation wrote.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first match Israel will play since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the Kosovo-Israel match was scheduled to be held on October 15.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is third in Group I for Euro 2024, behind Romania and Switzerland, but has two games to play.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli national team has never been qualified for the European Championship since joining UEFA in 1994. 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