McClaren, who has previously worked as a coaching consultant for Maccabi Tel Aviv, said: “As an Israeli, he follows the Jewish religion meticulously. And today is Yom Kippur, which is the Day of Atonement, and he’s been fasting from eight o’clock last night until it finishes at eight o’clock tonight.
“We had a chat – he said it’s very difficult to start [the match]. It’s very unusual because Yom Kippur hardly falls on a game day, but it has this time.
“We’ll hopefully get some food into him in the first half, keep him on the bench, and if we need him in the second half he can play some minutes.”
After goals from Massimo Luongo and Eberechi Eze put QPR 2-0 up, Hemed came on after 73 minutes to help his side see out the win.
QPR now sit 16th in the Championship, the second tier of English football.
