Overview
- Athletic Club reported 51,396 spectators at San Mamés for a friendly promoted as a call for peace and solidarity.
- The Basque Country won 3–0 with goals from Unai Elgezabal Udondo, Gorka Guruzeta and Yuri Berchiche.
- Thousands marched before kickoff, fans displayed Palestinian and Basque flags, and Palestine posed with a “Stop Genocide” banner as artists performed.
- Palestine Football Federation president Jibril Rajoub said 289 sports sites in Gaza were destroyed and reported 1,100 athletes and sports workers killed.
- Palestine is scheduled to face Catalonia on November 18 at Barcelona’s Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, and Pep Guardiola has urged fans to attend.