MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. The European Swimming League (LEN) has decided to relocate the 2024 European Water Polo Championships from Israel.

The tournament was to be held from January 3 through 16, 2024 in Netanya, Israel. The new venue has not yet been chosen.

Tensions flared up in the Middle East after Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip attacked Israeli territory, killing many Israelis living in the settlements near the border and abducting more than 200 people, including children, women and the elderly. Hamas views its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ steps against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.