{"id":779221,"date":"2026-07-04T06:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779221\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:16:28","slug":"egypt-coach-dedicates-world-cup-win-to-palestine-as-gaza-celebrates-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779221\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt coach dedicates World Cup win to Palestine as Gaza celebrates | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fans in Gaza celebrated Egypt\u2019s win at match screenings held against the backdrop of bombed buildings.<\/p>\n

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Published On 4 Jul 20264 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has dedicated his team\u2019s World Cup knockout win over Australia<\/a> to the people of Palestine, who joined the rest of the Arab world in celebrating the historic victory through the night.<\/p>\n

Egypt held their nerve to beat Australia 4-2 on penalties and secure their first World Cup knockout victory following a 1-1 draw after extra time in a cagey round of 32 match at Dallas Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Hossam Abdelmaguid rolled in the winning spot-kick after Harry Souttar and Lucas Herrington missed from 12 yards for the Australians, sending Egypt into a last-16 clash with Argentina or Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

Emam Ashour had given Egypt the lead with a 13th-minute header before an own goal by Mohamed Hany 10 minutes into the second half levelled the scores.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after the match, Hassan said: \u201cMay God grant them [the Palestinians] victory, may God have mercy on their martyrs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m saying to them: I\u2019m dedicating this victory to the Egyptian people and Palestinian people, those kind and honourable people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hassan carried both the Egyptian and Palestinian flags onto the pitch following the victory, which was the country\u2019s first win in its first-ever World Cup knockout game, as the team collectively bent down on the ground in prostration.<\/p>\n

\"ARLINGTON,An emotional Hossam Hassan dedicated his team\u2019s win to the people of Palestine\u00a0 [Molly Darlington\/Getty Images\/AFP]<\/p>\n

Several Palestinian football fans took to social media to express their shared joy with Egypt.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, I\u2019m following the World Cup with this much excitement,\u201d Gaza-based Tamer Nahed wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so happy to see Egypt win a little while ago, but the most beautiful sight was here \u2026 thousands of people came out of their tents and from among their destroyed homes to watch the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaces lit up with smiles, cheers filled the air, and it felt as if everyone had decided to give themselves a moment of life despite everything surrounding them,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Social media footage from the besieged strip showed people gathered at a match screening against the backdrop of bombed buildings and makeshift tents, some smiling and holding up Egypt flags that many children had painted on their faces.<\/p>\n

Translation: People of Gaza following the match amid the rubble.<\/p>\n

Translation: Gaza\u2019s joy at Egypt\u2019s national team victory.<\/p>\n

Hours before Egypt\u2019s victory, members of the team were involved in an altercation with police officers<\/a> that went viral on social media.<\/p>\n

The Egypt national team said a Dallas police officer pushed their director, Ibrahim Hassan, and player Trezeguet as the two were attempting to take a photo with a fan at the team hotel on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Dallas Police Department clarified that the situation had been resolved at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans in Gaza celebrated Egypt\u2019s win at match screenings held against the backdrop of bombed buildings. Published On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17706,527,8766,43,21751,1259,44,23156,457,41,39,42,40,1690,13010],"class_list":["post-779221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-egypt","tag-football","tag-gaza","tag-headlines","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-sport","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}