Ahmet Golomsain, a veteran anti-Israeli journalist, wrote a hateful column on the yeniakit website. He recommended to the Turkish Football Association to prohibit local teams from signing Israeli players and expel such if they still exist.
Yehezkel scored a goal in the Antalyaspor uniform and revealed a tribute inscription to the abductees. Kartsev shared a post supporting the kidnappers, was interrogated himself and was immediately loaned from Bashakshir to Maccabi Tel Aviv.