<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Turkish police detained Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel and were questioning him today over a message he displayed on his wrist during a top tier match alluding to the passage of 100 days since the Oct 7 Hamas attack in Israel, state media said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Turkish justice minister Yilmaz Tunc said prosecutors were investigating Jehezkel on a charge of “inciting people to hatred and hostility” for displaying a note written on his bandaged wrist saying “100 days, 7.10”, alongside a Jewish Star of David emblem.</div><div><br></div><div>Jehezkel, 28, held his clenched fist aloft to display the message after scoring a goal for his team, the southern Turkish club Antalyaspor, against Trabzonspor in Turkey’s Super Lig yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>Antalya prosecutors launched an investigation into Jehezkel “due to his ugly gesture supporting Israel’s massacre in Gaza after scoring a goal” Tunc said on social media platform X.</div><div><br></div><div>State-owned Anadolu news agency said the process of taking the player’s statement was continuing, citing Antalyaspor’s spokesman saying lawyers were working on annulling his contract.</div><div><br></div><div>Fighters from the Islamist group Hamas stormed through Israeli communities on Oct 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 240 hostages.</div><div><br></div><div>The subsequent war reached 100 days yesterday, with Israeli tanks and aircraft hitting targets in southern and central Gaza amid fierce gun battles in some areas.</div><div><br></div><div>The Gaza health ministry said the death toll from Israeli strikes is almost 24,000, with more than 60,000 wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>Rallies in support of the hostages still being held in Gaza were held in Israel and elsewhere yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey has been a fierce critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, launched in response to the Oct 7 attack. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>