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Robbie Keane became manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv over the summer <\/p>\n

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Former Premier League and Ireland star Robbie Keane has reportedly been forced to flee Israel amid the attacks by Hamas militants over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Keane became manager of Israeli top-flight side Maccabi Tel Aviv over the summer and quickly installed former Ireland teammate Rory Delap as his assistant.<\/p>\n

And talkSPORT <\/em>reported that the pair were forced to spend hours inside a panic room when the initial Hamas attacks \u2013 which have reportedly killed more than 700 people in Israel \u2013 started on Saturday before subsequently fleeing to Greece.<\/p>\n

Following the unprecedented incursions out of the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian Islamic militants, a number of Israeli tanks and personnel carriers were spotted near the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, the same day that Israel formally declared war on Hamas, heightening fears of what is to come.<\/p>\n

Keane scored almost 400 goals for club and country during a hugely successful playing career that began at Wolves in the late 1990s and ended after a spell with Indian Super League side ATK in 2018.<\/p>\n

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He is part of the Premier League\u2019s prestigious \u2018100 club\u2019 of players to have scored more than a century of goals in the English top flight since it rebranded in 1992, having netted for the likes of Leeds, Tottenham and Liverpool. The 43-year-old is also the most-capped player and all-time record goal scorer for Ireland.<\/p>\n

He has moved into coaching after retirement, having a brief spell as part of Sam Allardyce\u2019s backroom staff at Leeds as they were relegated from the Premier League last season before signing a two-year contract at Tel Aviv in June to take up his first managerial role.<\/p>\n

It has been a successful start to the campaign for Keane and his assistant Delap as four wins and a draw from their opening five games have moved Maccabi Tel Aviv top of the Israeli Premier League. They are also competing in this year\u2019s Europa Conference League, situated in Group B alongside Breidablik, Gent and Zorya Luhansk.<\/p>\n

All matches in the Israeli Premier League are currently postponed indefinitely in light of the Hamas attacks.<\/p>\n

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