Zurich, April 7:

FIFA said on Friday it is considering possible action over an Israeli airstrike last week on a soccer field in the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip.

Jerome Champagne, FIFA deputy general secretary in charge of political issues, said it was a direct strike “without any reason” and that the soccer field was not being used by Palestinians as a missile launching pad, as Israel’s ambassador to Switzerland had originally claimed.

“We have just asked for explanations,” he said. “FIFA has been fighting for more than a century to make this game universal. To hit a football field is really the wrong signal.”