Overview

• Salah took to X to challenge UEFA’s tribute, asking “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?” and drawing hundreds of thousands of reactions.
• UEFA’s original post mourned the ‘Palestinian Pelé’ without specifying that al-Obeid was killed by an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid.
• The Palestine Football Association published a condolence message from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin but no further details were provided on the circumstances of the death.
• Al-Obeid, a 41-year-old former Palestine international who scored over 100 career goals, was killed in southern Gaza amid the ongoing conflict.
• UN figures show more than 1,300 civilians have died seeking food at aid sites since May and the PFA reports 325 football community members killed since October 2023.