{"id":225935,"date":"2025-10-19T20:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225935\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:57:07","slug":"tel-aviv-football-derby-cancelled-as-violent-riots-see-nine-arrested-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/225935\/","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as ‘violent riots’ see nine arrested | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi has been cancelled after “violent riots” saw nine people arrested, Israeli police said. <\/p>\n

The match had been due to take place at Hapoel’s ground, Bloomfield Stadium, on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

A statement from Israeli police said the game was called off “following disturbances and risks to human life”.<\/p>\n

It added: “Dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers. Forces at the scene arrested nine suspects and detained 16 others for questioning.”<\/p>\n

A Maccabi statement read: “Following the police’s decision, it was determined that the Tel Aviv derby will not take place tonight.”<\/p>\n

Footage shared by the police shows projectiles and flares being thrown on to the pitch, as well as unrest outside the stadium and arrests being made.<\/p>\n

The news comes as Maccabi supporters have been told they are not allowed to attend<\/a> November’s Europa League game against Aston Villa in Birmingham next month after a decision by Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG).<\/p>\n

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The group – made up of local stakeholders, including representatives from the council, police and event organisers – said the decision was due to a high risk of violence based on “current intelligence and previous incidents”.<\/p>\n

The government says it is exploring what “additional resources and support are required” to allow “all fans” to attend the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi has been cancelled after “violent riots” saw nine people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-225935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}