Marching toward Ullevaal Stadium with Palestinian flags and flares, the protesters gathered outside, continuing until kickoff as nearby buildings displayed pro-Palestinian banners hanging from balconies.<\/p>\n
Security was tight around the stadium, with police closing several entrances hours before the match started, conducting bag searches, and\u00a0reducing\u00a0the number of spectators allowed in.<\/p>\n
Inside the stadium, spectators unfurled a large Palestinian flag in the stands, next to a banner reading \u201cLet Children Live,\u201d in protest of the war in Gaza, where a ceasefire came into effect on Friday.<\/p>\n
Norway fans spread a huge Palestine ???????? flag ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Israel ???????? #WorldCupQualifiers<\/a> @BabaGol_<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fGRcfnPzSG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Uri Levy (@Levyninho) October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n On the other side of the stadium, a small group of fans could be seen waving Israeli flags and sporting other pro-Israel paraphernalia.\n<\/p>\n As the match kicked off with both countries\u2019 national anthems, boos and whistles could be heard in parts of the stadium as Israel\u2019s anthem, \u201cHatikva,\u201d was played.<\/p>\n Later, Norwegian police confirmed they had used tear gas on a group of protesters who attempted to breach the barricades surrounding the stadium as the match was being played.<\/p>\n \u201cSeveral protesters have broken through the police barricades outside Ullevaal Stadium. We have therefore used gas to gain control of the crowd. No one has been injured in connection with the incident,\u201d the police said in a statement to Norwegian media.<\/p>\n The police also arrested several demonstrators, according to the news agency NTB.<\/p>\n There are also supporters for Israel before the crucial match in Oslo. \u2014 BabaGol (@BabaGol_) October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Norwegian Football Association previously said it would donate the proceeds from ticket sales for Saturday\u2019s match to Doctors Without Borders.\n<\/p>\n In the game itself, Norway handily defeated Israel, with the Scandinavians\u2019 star Erling Haaland scoring a hat-trick in addition to\u00a0two own goals scored by Anan Khalaili and Idan Nachmias.<\/p>\n Haaland also missed a penalty as Norway cruised to victory and edged closer to qualifying for a first World Cup since 1998.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Norway, who have not played at a major tournament since Euro 2000, now lead Group I with nine points more than second-placed Italy, who have two games in hand and play in Estonia later Saturday. Israel is in third place and plays in Italy on Tuesday, with only faint hopes of reaching the playoffs for next year\u2019s cup.<\/p>\n Norway will secure a place at next year\u2019s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a win over the Estonians on Tuesday if Italy fails to defeat either Estonia or Israel in its next two matches.<\/p>\n
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