Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh arrives to attend the football match between Jabal Al-Mukaber and Shabab Al-Khalil teams during the "Thousand Martyrs' Cup" tournament at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in the West Bank city of Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem 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 AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)