About 660 Palestinian football players killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

On Aug 6, 2025 4:33 PM

QUDS, Aug. 06 (YPA) – Former Palestinian national football team player Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed on Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City.

Local sources said with the martyrdom of Al-Obeid, the number of Palestinian sports martyrs has risen to 660 since the beginning of the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA.

Additionally, 39 athletes and scouts were martyred in the Strip last July.

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced the death of Al-Obaid, 41, while waiting to receive aid.