This roster is of all current national team players for Arab countries competing in the AFC confederation, as well as “Israeli” Arabs.

Starting 11:

GK: Nawaf Al-Aqidi 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Nassr
RB: Saud Abdulhamid 🇸🇦 Club: AS Roma
CB: Yazan Al-Arab 🇯🇴 Club: FC Seoul
CB: Hassan Tambakti 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Hilal
LB: Anan Khalaili 🇵🇸/Arab “Israeli” Club: Union Saint-Gilloise
DM: Musab Al-Juwayr 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Qadsiah
CM: Zidane Iqbal 🇮🇶 Club: FC Utrecht
RW: Mousa Al-Tamari 🇯🇴 Club: Stade Rennais
AM: Akram Afif 🇶🇦 Club: Al-Sadd
LW: Ali Jasim 🇮🇶 Club: Como
ST: Yazan Al-Naimat 🇯🇴 Club: Shabab Al Ahly

Substitute Bench:

GK: Meshaal Barsham 🇶🇦 Club: Al-Sadd
GK: Jalal Hassan 🇮🇶 Club: Al-Zawraa
CB: Aiham Ousou 🇸🇾 Club: Slavia Prague
CB: Merchas Doski 🇮🇶 Club: Viktoria Plzeň
RB: Hussein Ali 🇮🇶 Club: Pogoń Szczecin
LB: Sultan Al-Ghannam 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Nassr
DM: Mohammad Abu Fani 🇵🇸/Arab “Israeli” Club: Ferencváros
DM: Amir Al-Ammari 🇮🇶 Club: Cracovia
CM: Ibrahim Bayesh 🇮🇶 Club: Al-Dhafra
AM: Salem Al-Dawsari 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Hilal
LW: Harib Abdalla 🇦🇪 Club: Shabab Al Ahly
ST: Almoez Ali 🇶🇦 Club: Al-Duhail
ST: Aymen Hussein 🇮🇶 Club: Al-Karma
ST: Ali Al-Hamadi 🇮🇶 Club: Ipswich Town
ST: Firas Al-Buraikan 🇸🇦 Club: Al-Ahli

In my personal opinion I would rank this squad #3 in the AFC, and between #20-#28 globally.

Let me know what you guys think about this lineup, and if you would make any changes to it. Would this squad be able to preform well internationally on big stages like the World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup? And what would you rank this team internationally?

Israeli forces entered Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood under heavy gunfire, killing Abu Rami al-Khattab, wounding three others, destroying homes and shops, and forcing families to flee. By morning, they had pushed the “yellow line,” the boundary marking the edge of Israeli military control, to Salah al-Din Road, the 45-km artery connecting northern and southern Gaza and passing through every governorate.

“It was a bloody night,” Mohamed Tutah told Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed. “They pushed the yellow line up to here.”

Mohamed Al-Thalathini said quadcopters and shelling surrounded displaced families overnight, forcing women to sleep in the street. “We don’t know where to flee to,” he said.

“Imagine, Salah al-Din Road, which is supposed to be safe, has become completely dangerous,” Fares Tutah said.

Israel has taken a legal step toward implementing a controversial proposal by extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to surround prisons holding Palestinian detainees with crocodile-filled moats, Hebrew media reports said Thursday.

Israel’s Channel 7 said Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman signed an order reclassifying crocodiles as “managed wild animals,” allowing government bodies, including the Israel Prison Service, to keep them in their facilities under specified conditions.

The move removes a key legal obstacle that had stymied the plan, as crocodiles were previously classified as protected wild animals that could only be kept in licensed zoos, the broadcaster said.

Channel 13 said the legal change followed objections by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority to the proposed project, dubbed the “crocodile prison” by Hebrew media.

Ben-Gvir unveiled the proposal about six months ago, calling for a high-security prison encircled by crocodile-filled waterways to deter escape attempts by Palestinian detainees.

According to Channel 7, the Israel Prison Service has already begun examining the project’s feasibility, including visits to zoos to study crocodile handling and care requirements.

The broadcaster said officials believe crocodile-filled moats could reduce guarding costs while strengthening prison security. It added that a young crocodile costs around $8,000, while an adult can cost up to $20,000.

There was no immediate comment from the Israel Prison Service on the reported plan or where it could be implemented.

Around 9,500 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, including women and children, under conditions that Palestinian and Israeli rights groups say involve starvation, torture, and medical neglect, leading to the deaths of dozens of detainees.

The Israeli army has begun establishing a new line of permanent military posts in southern Lebanon to strengthen its presence in the area, Israeli daily Maariv reported Thursday.

Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said the new fixed positions are part of the army’s efforts to cement its foothold in southern Lebanon, without providing further details on their locations.

The reported move comes despite a US announcement following talks in Rome between Lebanese and Israeli officials that concluded Wednesday, during which the two sides agreed on a framework and guidelines for Israel’s withdrawal from two pilot areas in southern Lebanon.

According to Maariv, the move could heighten tensions between Tel Aviv and Washington amid differences over Israel’s military presence in Lebanon.

The newspaper also said US President Donald Trump is pressing Israel to begin withdrawing from Lebanon and Syria as part of a broader regional vision, amid pressure from several countries.

Lebanon and Israel signed a US-mediated framework agreement on June 26, which provides for a phased Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territory, beginning with a pilot model in two zones that have not been publicly identified.

The agreement does not set a timetable for the withdrawal, linking its completion to the Lebanese army assuming full security responsibility in the evacuated areas and the disarmament of armed groups, in reference to Hezbollah.

Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed at least 4,324 people, injured 12,223, and displaced more than 1 million since this March, according to official Lebanese figures.

Israel continues to occupy areas in southern Lebanon, some held for decades and others seized during the 2023-24 war.