VIDEO SHOWS: CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND DEMONSTRATORS IN UDINE, DURING ITALY VS ISRAEL WORLD CUP QUALIFIER RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: UDINE, ITALY (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (REUTERS – Access All) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS SETTING UP BARRICADE ON STREET AND THROWING A METAL BAR 2. WATER CANNON SPRAYING WATER TO DISPERSE PROTESTERS 3. PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING AS WATER BEING SPRAYED ON THEM 4. PROTESTER WAVING PALESTINIAN FLAG 5. RIOT POLICE 6. PROTESTERS THROWING THINGS AT POLICE AND SETTING UP BARRICADE AS TEAR GAS CANISTERS BEING FIRED 7. VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS 8. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS FACING OFF WITH POLICE 9. STREET FILLED WITH TEAR GAS SMOKE 10. PROTESTER HURLING STONE AS WATER BEING SPRAYED 11. RIOT POLICE WITH SHIELDS 12. TEAR GAS CANISTERS LANDING NEAR PROTESTERS 13. POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS 14. FIRE IN STREET STORY: Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with riot police in the northern Italian city of Udine on Tuesday (October 14) during a World Cup qualifier against Israel in which Italy won 3-0. Organisers, Committee for Palestine-Udine, called on soccer's global governing body FIFA to ban Israel from all competitions, saying the team supported "occupation policies" in the Palestinian territories. Demonstrators set up makeshift barricades in the streets and threw metal bars and stones, police deployed water cannons to disperse the crowds. As tear gas canisters were fired, protesters tried to hold their ground behind barricades while waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans. Thick tear gas smoke filled the streets as police in riot gear with reinforced shields advanced to disperse the crowd. Earlier in the day more than 5,000 protesters marched in a demonstration under the slogan "Show Israel the red card". Organisers pressed ahead with the protest even after Israel and militant group Hamas agreed a ceasefire deal that included the release of the remaining living Israeli hostages and the return of Palestinian prisoners. The rally had been mostly peaceful before tensions escalated around kickoff time. Italian media reported at least one journalist was injured during the clashes. (Production: Alex Fraser, Roberto Mignucci)
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