Ireland squad vote to play Israel tie despite Gaza unease

Ireland’s football team voted on Saturday to fulfil a Nations League tie with Israel despite goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu pulling out of the match due to unease over the war in Gaza.
“We carried out a vote amongst the squad to establish their sentiment on fulfilling the fixtures,” Football Association of Ireland (FAI) head David Courell told reporters in Debrecen, Hungary, where the game will take place on Sunday.
“It was a significant majority that was returned with the intention to continue.
“Based on that, the association took the decision on behalf of Irish football, that this fixture would continue as we have always intended to fulfil the fixtures,” he added.
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