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| Pro-Palestinian protest halts Maccabi Haifa match | Pro-Palestinian protest halts Maccabi Haifa match |
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| Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted a football match in Austria between the Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, and French team, Lille. | Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted a football match in Austria between the Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, and French team, Lille. |
| The game - a pre-season friendly in the town of Bischofshofen - was interrupted when protesters waving Palestinian flags stormed the pitch, police said. | The game - a pre-season friendly in the town of Bischofshofen - was interrupted when protesters waving Palestinian flags stormed the pitch, police said. |
| The police said no-one was hurt in the incident, close to the final whistle. | |
| Israel launched a military offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of stopping rocket fire from Gaza. | Israel launched a military offensive on 8 July with the declared objective of stopping rocket fire from Gaza. |
| At least 649 Palestinians and 32 Israeli soldiers, plus three Israeli civilians, have been killed in the past 15 days of fighting, officials say. | At least 649 Palestinians and 32 Israeli soldiers, plus three Israeli civilians, have been killed in the past 15 days of fighting, officials say. |
| Separately on Wednesday, a court in France jailed three men for rioting after a pro-Palestinian rally in a mixed suburb of Paris degenerated into anti-Semitic violence. | Separately on Wednesday, a court in France jailed three men for rioting after a pro-Palestinian rally in a mixed suburb of Paris degenerated into anti-Semitic violence. |
| French Prime Minister Manuel Valls condemned the violence, which erupted at a protest over Israel's actions in Gaza. | French Prime Minister Manuel Valls condemned the violence, which erupted at a protest over Israel's actions in Gaza. |