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Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

2024-10-05 03:33 Last Updated At:03:40

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL's leading receiver Malik Nabers is out this week against Seattle, Giants coach Brian Daboll said Friday.

Nabers, who has 35 catches in his rookie season to top the league, remains in concussion protocol and won't play when the Giants (1-3) face the Seahawks (3-1) on Sunday.

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) stiff arms Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks (50) during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL's leading receiver Malik Nabers is out this week against Seattle, Giants coach Brian Daboll said Friday.

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) catches a touchdown pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) catches a touchdown pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) is helped off the field after an injury during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) is helped off the field after an injury during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Nabers was making progress, Daboll said, “but he's not going to make it.”

Nabers was hurt in the fourth quarter of New York's loss to Dallas on Sept. 26. He missed practices on Wednesday and Thursday. Nabers must be cleared by an independent neurologist before he could return to the field.

Giants receiver Darius Slayton said the rest of New York's wideouts know they can make plays.

“We know the group we have now is a really good group, strong group,” he said. “Obviously, we’re without Malik this week, but we know that we still have other talented guys that can go out there and get the job done.”

Nabers, the No. 6 overall pick in the draft, has been the focal point of the offense. His 386 yards receiving are second in the NFL and he's tied for third with three touchdown receptions.

“You take those concussions very seriously,” Daboll said. “He's made progress, but not to the point where he can go out there and play. But his safety, his well-being is first and foremost.”

Nabers' absence could open the way for Jalin Hyatt to get more playing time. Hyatt is a second-year speedster out of Tennessee who has had a quiet season so far with only three targets in the first four games.

Hyatt is averaging roughly 13 plays, which is what Nabers is averaging in targets.

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) stiff arms Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks (50) during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) stiff arms Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks (50) during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) catches a touchdown pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) catches a touchdown pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

Malik Nabers to miss Giants game at Seattle with concussion

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) is helped off the field after an injury during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) is helped off the field after an injury during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a West Bank cafe that the military said targeted Palestinian militants also killed a family of four, including two young children, relatives told The Associated Press on Friday.

The strike slammed into a three-story building in the Tulkarem refugee camp late Thursday, setting it on fire, destroying a popular cafe and killing at least 18 Palestinians, according to the territory's Health Ministry. It was the deadliest strike in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war nearly a year ago.

On Friday, paramedics searched the rubble inside the blasted-out coffee shop, gathering human remains into small boxes. Young boys and men walked among the ruins of the shop, with holes in the ceiling and debris blanketing the ground, digging past bloodstained furniture and dislodged iron beams for anything to salvage.

Among the dead was the Abu Zahra family: Muhammad, a bakery worker; his wife, Saja; and their two children, Sham, 8, and Karam, 6, according to the man's brother, Mustafa Abu Zahra, who said the family lived above the coffee shop. He added that one of Muhammad’s brothers-in-law was also in the apartment at the time and was killed.

The Israeli military said the strike killed at least nine militants who were gathering to plan an attack against Israel, including Hamas’ leader in the camp, whom it accused without providing evidence of taking part in multiple attacks against Israeli civilians. It also said a “key operative” of Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian militant group, was killed in the strike. Tulkarem, known to be a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, is a frequent target of Israeli military raids.

Hundreds of mourners packed the streets of the camp Friday during a mass funeral for the 18 killed, some brandishing Hamas flags. Hamas did not immediately claim any of the dead as its fighters but released a statement condemning the strike and calling for Palestinians in Tulkarem to rise up.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the loss of lives in the Israeli airstrike on the Tulkaram camp and called for strict compliance with international law requiring the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Israel has carried out several large-scale raids in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza, ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. While airstrikes used to be rare in the Palestinian territory, they have grown more common since the outbreak of war as Israeli forces clamp down, saying they aim to prevent attacks on their citizens.

Israeli fire has killed at least 722 Palestinians in the West Bank since Oct. 7, Palestinian health officials say. In that time, Palestinian militants have launched a number of attacks on soldiers at checkpoints and within Israel.

A shooting attack in Tel Aviv earlier this week that Israeli police said was carried out by Palestinians from the West Bank left at least six people dead.

Nimer Fayat, the owner of Dr. Coffee, said the cafe was full of “regular customers coming to eat and drink” when the strike occurred around 10:15 p.m.

“What happened was a very strong blow, the likes of which we had not seen in the past since the Al-Aqsa Intifada,” he said, using a Palestinian term for the second intifada, or uprising, in the early 2000s.

Paramedics rushing to the area encountered a ghastly scene, with body parts flung onto power lines by the force of the blast, said Nebal Farsakh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent, whose teams brought nine dead to the hospital.

A full list of the dead and wounded was not immediately released by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Yasser Jibra, another relative of the Abu Zahras, said the strike was “like a lightning bolt.”

“Look around, the destruction is so obvious," he said, adding that it was difficult to identify the bodies of his loved ones.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on civilian deaths in the strike. Israel says it takes care to guard against such deaths.

But to Jibra, that means little.

“This is the work of the criminal occupation, which does not take into account the presence of a child or a woman, or an elderly or young person," he said, as he stood inside the blasted-out cafe. "Everything is permissible for them.”

Associated Press reporter Julia Frankel and producer Ibrahim Hazboun contributed to this report from Jerusalem.

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which Palestinian health officials say killed 18 people and the Israeli military says took out a Hamas leader, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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