Tunisian Ons Jabeur will offer part of her winnings “to help the Palestinians”

The Tunisian Ons Jabeur announced, Wednesday November 1, that she would donate part of her winnings from the WTA Masters in Cancun (Mexico).”to help the Palestinians”, in the middle of the war between Israel and Hamas. Defeated by Coco Gauff (6-0, 6-1) then victorious over the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (6-4, 6-3) during the group stage of the tournament which brings together the eight best players in the world at the end of the season, the double finalist at Wimbledon, in 2022 and 2023, was very emotional during the post-match interview, held on the court.

“It’s very hard to see children, babies die every day. It breaks my heart. So I decided to donate part of my prize money to help the Palestinians.”she said. “I can’t be happy with this victory with what’s happening. I’m sorry, we’re here for tennis, but it’s so frustrating… It’s not a political message, just humanity , I want peace in the world, that’s all”added the 29-year-old player, star in Tunisia and first player in the Arab world at this level in tennis.

On October 7, Hamas commandos infiltrated southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, carrying out an unprecedented attack against Israeli civilians. In retaliation, the Jewish state declared a war for “annihilate” Hamas, relentlessly shelling the Gaza Strip.