OSLO, Norway (AP) — Money pledged to humanitarian work in Gaza from ticket sales at a Norway-Israel qualifying game for soccer’s 2026 World Cup will go to Doctors Without Borders.

The Norwegian Football Association on Monday announced its choice of a partnership with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning health NGO ahead of the sold-out Oct. 11 game in Oslo. It’s likely to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“The money is earmarked for the organization’s relief work on the ground in Gaza and the surrounding areas affected by the war,” the Norwegian soccer body said.

Norway’s pledge last month of soccer money to help Palestinian people comes after Israel — which has played in European soccer competitions for security reasons since joining UEFA in 1994 — has faced almost no pressure within

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