Suleiman al-Obeid was 41 years old.
“You can tell us how they died, where and why?” Asked the striker. Suleiman al-Obeid scored more than 100 goals throughout his career, was 41 years old and was the father of five children.
Liverpool Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah criticized Uefa this Saturday for honoring the “Palénian Pelé.” Suleiman al-Obeid Not to mention that he was killed, according to the Palestinian Federation, by Israeli fire during a distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
The former Palestinian player was killed on Wednesday “following the Israeli occupation shots aimed at people waiting for humanitarian aid in the south of the Gaza Strip,” the Palestinian Football Association on its Internet portal announced.
UEFA publishing on social network X: “Goodbye to Suleiman al-Okeid, the ‘Palestinian Pelé.’ A talent that gave hope to a countless number of children, even in the darkest periods.”
“You can tell us how you died, where and why?” The Egyptian striker on the same platform.
In October 2023, the Egyptian and Liverpool star star asked the humanitarian aid to be allowed to enter Gaza, appealing at the end of the “massacres” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Suleiman al -obeid, who played 24 international games for the Palestinian national team and scored more than 100 goals throughout his careerhe was 41 years old and was the father of five children, according to the Palestinian Football Federation.
His death raises, according to the same source, to 321 The number of members of the Federation killed in the war triggered by the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023.
Since May, More than 1300 people died In Gaza in the same circumstances as al-okeid: the shooting, waiting for humanitarian aid.
