Israeli national team coach Andreas Herzog summoned 23 players for the upcoming EURO qualifiers against Macedonia and Slovenia.

photo by The Jewish Chronicle: the Israeli team before the match against Austria in March

Macedonia faces Israel on Thursday and four days later Israel travels to Slovenia. Their coach, former Austrian attacking midfielder Andi Herzog called up a total of 23 players for these matches. Midfielder Nir Bitton was originally summoned but had to withdraw due to injury, while injuries also prevented defender Sheran Yeini and attacker Itay Shechter from being in the squad.

Ariel Harush – Sparta
Ofir Marciano – Hibernian
Yoav Gerafi – Hapoel Tel Aviv

Omri Ben Harush – Lokeren
Eli Dasa – no club
Orel Dgani – Hapoel Tel Aviv
Loai Taha – Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Ben Bitton – Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Hatem Abd Elhamed – Celtic
Raz Shlomo – Hapoel Tel Aviv

Bibras Natkho – Partizan
Eran Zahavi – Guǎngzhōu R&F
Beram Kayal – Charlton Athletic
Almog Cohen – Maccabi Netanya
Dor Peretz – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dan Glazer – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Yonatan Cohen – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Gadi Kinda – Beitar

Tomer Hemed – Charlton Athletic
Moanes Dabour – Sevilla
Dia Saba – Guǎngzhōu R&F
Manor Solomon – Shakhtar
Shon Weissman – Wolfsberger