Shabab Rafah team players warm-up ahead of their opening match against Khadamat Rafah team during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Shabab Rafah team players warm-up ahead of their opening match against Khadamat Rafah team during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Spectators watch the opening match between Shabab Rafah and Khadamat Rafah teams during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Spectators watch the opening match between Shabab Rafah and Khadamat Rafah teams during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Spectators watch the opening match between Shabab Rafah and Khadamat Rafah teams during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Spectators watch the opening match between Shabab Rafah and Khadamat Rafah teams during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Khadamat Rafah team players warm-up ahead of their opening match against Shabab Rafah team during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" football tournament, in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian refugee female football Tripoli team (in black) and Sidon team (in red) compete in the Palestinian Thousand Martyrs' Cup tournament in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on September 4, 2026. The Palestinian football association announced on August 10 that it would resume activity in September after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. Palestinian sports leagues, including professional football, came to a halt with the war, which was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The association has named the first tournament back the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup", to honour the 1,014 Palestinian athletes killed by Israel during the war according to the association's data. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP via Getty Images)