Israel U18 falls in European semifinal after double overtime thriller

Israel’s under-18 national basketball team was eliminated from the European Championship semifinals after a 115-114 loss to Serbia in two overtimes. The narrow defeat ended Israel’s run one step short of the final in a dramatic high-scoring contest.

The article provides no additional play-by-play details beyond the final score and the fact that the game required two extra periods, underscoring how evenly matched the teams were. Serbia advanced, while Israel’s team was left to settle for a place outside the championship final.

The rest of the text in the source is unrelated to the headline and contains brief references to other news and opinion items, including Canada’s 1-1 draw with Bosnia, FIFA’s World Cup messaging, and several Israeli opinion and investigative pieces. Those items are not connected to the basketball result and do not add further details about the semifinal itself.