WATCH: Israeli Football Fans Resort to Violence in Malta Following ‘Palestine’ Chants

The Union of European Soccer Associations (UEFA) started disciplinary motion on Wednesday following a soccer match between Israel’s Maccabi Haifa and Malta’s Hamrun Spartans.

The match, held a day earlier as a part of the Champions League qualifiers, was disrupted nonetheless following violence carried out by the Israeli followers, reacting to chants of ‘Palestine, Palestine, Palestine’ by the Maltese followers.

Hamrun Spartans vs Maccabi Haifa, Champions League Qualifiers. Completely violent behaviour by Israeli ultras. They even threw flares at Maltese households with children. Match interrupted. Loopy pic.twitter.com/H00f9d7tIF

— Martin Mazur (@martinmazur) July 11, 2023

Tensions rose when the Maccabi followers threw fireworks on the Centinari Stadium in Takalle, purportedly as a response to the chants from native followers, after which the match was interrupted for about half-hour.

UEFA accused each golf equipment of “throwing overseas objects” and “rioting” by their followers. Maccabi confronted extra expenses of “lighting fireworks” and “acts of vandalism”.

5 Israeli followers have been arrested, in response to the Instances of Israel.

يستمر رفض الاندية الصهيونية من المشاركة في دوري ابطال اوروبا جماهيرياً وليس على مستوى الاداري..

في التصفيات المؤهلة لدوري الابطال يوم امس بين هامرون سبارتانز المالطي و مكابي حيفا جمهور هامرون المالطي هتفوا بفلسطين 🇵🇸 بينما جمهور مكابي حيفا هجم عليهم.
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— نواف العقيّل (@nawaf__oga) July 12, 2023

Malta At present newspaper reported that two pleaded responsible on Wednesday in an area court docket.

Based on the newspapers, police informed the court docket that the 2 males had been arrested after throwing fireworks and that three different flares had been discovered once they had been searched.

The 2 males got 12 months in jail, suspended for 3 years and fined $337 every.

Police mentioned earlier that followers who had been searched on the entrance to the stadium turned out to be smuggling fireworks of their underwear.

11/07/2023, Hamrun Spartans🇲🇹 v Maccabi Haifa🇮🇱, troubles after Hamrun followers had been chanting “Palestina, Palestina” pic.twitter.com/ygkQJzGLv8

— 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 (@thecasualultra) July 12, 2023

Maccabi received the match 4-0, with the second match scheduled for July 18 in Israel.

(Sanad, Aljazeera, PC)