Due to the increase in regional violence, UEFA has canceled all games planned to be played in Israel for the next two weeks.
Reportminds.com understand that At least 700 individuals have died in the fight thus far.
In Group I of the European Championship qualification, Israel was scheduled to play Switzerland on Thursday, but the game at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium has been canceled.
It has been reported that the nation's matches against Germany and Estonia on October 12 and 17, respectively, have also been postponed.
The Under-17 mini-tournament including Israel, Belgium, Gibraltar, and Wales has also been halted by the organisation that governs European football. It was scheduled to begin on Wednesday and end on October 17.
In deciding on new dates and on possible modifications to other scheduled matches, UEFA stated: "UEFA will continue to closely monitor the situation and will remain in contact with all teams involved."
A festival close to Kibbutz Re'im, adjacent to the Gaza Strip, was attacked by militants, who also launched a barrage of rockets from Gaza and dispatched fighters over the border, killing several attendees and taking others captive.
Following a violent strike by Hamas on Sunday, Israel formally declared war.
Israeli media reported gunfights between groups of Palestinian militants and security personnel in southern Israel as Israel declared itself to be in a state of war and started its own attacks against Hamas targets in Gaza.
As airplanes began to attack Hamas in retaliation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his nation will exact "mighty vengeance for this black day."
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