Overview
- The Palestine Football Association confirmed that 41-year-old Suleiman Al-Obeid was shot on August 6 by Israeli forces while awaiting humanitarian aid in southern Gaza.
- The attack also claimed the life of a 44-year-old aid seeker who was waiting alongside Al-Obeid for humanitarian deliveries.
- Al-Obeid scored more than 100 goals during his career with Khadamat Al-Shati, Centro Juvenil Al-Amari and the Palestinian national team.
- His death brings to 321 the number of football-related martyrs recorded since the October 2023 Gaza offensive began.
- UN agencies and Médecins Sans Frontières have condemned Israel’s contested GHF framework for disrupting aid operations and endangering civilians.