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Israeli soccer games to honor Brazil crash victims

Upcoming soccer games in Israel will include a moment of silence for the Brazilian players who perished in a plane crash yesterday in Colombia.

Rescue workers search at the wreckage site of a chartered airplane that crashed outside Medellin, Colombia, on Tuesday November 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
Rescue workers search at the wreckage site of a chartered airplane that crashed outside Medellin, Colombia, on Tuesday November 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

Just six of the 77 people on board survived the crash of the charter flight, which was taking players and coaches from the Chapecoense soccer team for a match against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional.

The gesture comes at the request of Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, Channel 2 reports.

“Every sports fan in Israel stands by your side at this difficult time,” Kahlon tells his Brazilian counterpart.

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