Tel Aviv: Israel's Olympic delegation flew to Paris on Monday after the Palestinian faction called for a ban on Israeli athletes in the war in Gaza. The Summer Games in the French capital opened on Friday against a backdrop of heightened security concerns and growing international outrage over the death toll and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. The Palestinian Olympic Committee sent a letter to International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach on Monday calling for Israel to be sanctioned, citing the bombing of the siege as a violation of the Olympic ceasefire.
