Minor scuffles happened between several Palestinian and Israeli football fans following the men's Group D match between Israel and Paraguay in the Paris Olympic Games at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Saturday (July 27) night.
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00:00Scores of football fans showed up in the men's group D-match between Israel and Paraguay
00:08in the Paris Olympic Games, waving the Palestinian flags.
00:13The Palestinian fans were among the spectators at the Parc des Princes stadium on Saturday
00:18night.
00:19The fans also carried banners that read Genocide and Olympics, conveying the message on the
00:25attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza.
00:33Minor scuffles happened following the match.
00:38This Palestinian fan, who said that he just came to watch the match and he had the right
00:42to carry the flag of any countries, was confronted by an Israeli fan.
00:48Both sides were then separated by the other fans.
01:05The match ended with a 4-2 win for Paraguay.
01:09Marcelo Fernandez scored twice for Paraguay and Fabian Balbuena, and Julio Enciso added
01:16two more to cancel out the goals by Oscar Glosch and Omri Gandelman.
01:21The match was held amid tight security due to the tension in Gaza.