FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for football to support efforts towards peace in the Middle East ahead of two World Cup qualifiers for Israel over the next five days.

The first phase of an Israel-Hamas peace plan for Gaza has been agreed, according to United States president Donald Trump, although it is yet to be officially ratified by the Israeli Government.

Infantino hopes that will cool tensions surrounding Israel's matches away to Norway on Saturday and in Italy next Tuesday.

"Now there is a ceasefire, everyone should be happy about that. Everyone should support that process," he told reporters at the European Football Clubs General Assembly in Rome.

"Those who have responsibilities to broker and to do these steps, they have done that, and now everyone else should suppor

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