Israeli soccer player Tal Naim dedicated his first senior goal on Sunday to his sister, May, who was murdered at the Nova Music Festival during the Hamas-led attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The goal was even more symbolic as the teammate who gave Naim the assist, Eylon Yerushalmi, was May’s good friend.

After the goal, Naim took a white shirt with a photo of his sister and ran to the stands while his teammates embraced him.

Yerushalmi then carefully placed the shirt on the side of the pitch. It read, “In memory of May Naim, and to all Oct. 7 victims.”

The goal came just two days before Israel marked the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in the western Negev, in which some 1,200 people were murdered and 251 more were kidnapped into the Gaza Strip.

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