Former Palestine football star Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed by Israeli gunfire in southern Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said.
Obeid, nicknamed the “Palestinian Pele,” scored more than 100 goals in his career and earned 24 caps for the national team. He played for Gaza’s Khadamat Al-Shati and the West Bank’s Al-Amari Youth Center, becoming one of Palestinian football’s most celebrated figures, according to Al Jazeera.
The PFA says 321 football players and officials are among 662 sports community members killed in Gaza since October 2023. Gaza’s health ministry reports more than 61,000 deaths in the conflict.
