A previous Palestinian nationwide football group gamer and celebrity of Gaza’s Al-Shati’ a Solutions Club was eliminated by Israeli pressures while waiting to obtain altruistic help on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Football Organization (PFA).
Suleiman Al-Obeid, 41, was eliminated by Israeli “bullets,” that “targeted” Palestinians that were “awaiting altruistic help in southerly Gaza,” the PFA stated in a declaration in Arabic.
The Israel Protection Forces did not promptly react to ABC Information’ ask for discuss Al-Obeid’s fatality.
Nicknamed the “Gazelle,” “Black Pearl,” and the Palestinian “Pele”– of the Brazilian football tale– Al-Obeid was kept in mind by the PFA as a celebrity.
Suleiman Al-Obeid, 41, a previous Palestinian nationwide football group gamer and celebrity of Gaza’s Al-Shati’ a Solutions Club, was eliminated by Israeli pressures while waiting to obtain altruistic help, on Aug. 6, 2025, according to the Palestinian Football Organization.
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Al-Obeid stood for the Palestinian National Group 24 times, racking up 2 objectives for the group– one of the most renowned of which was a bike kick versus Yemen’s National Group in the West Eastern Federation’s 2010 mug, according to the organization.
At the very least 662 professional athletes and precursors have actually been eliminated given that Oct. 7, 2023, the PFA stated.
At the very least 321 participants of the Palestinian football neighborhood have actually passed away given that Oct. 7, 2023, the organization stated, consisting of gamers, instructors, managers, umpires and club board participants.
Palestinians battle to obtain food and altruistic help from the rear of a vehicle as it relocates along the Morag passage near Rafah, in the southerly Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025.
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Al-Obeid, that was birthed in Gaza City, leaves his partner, 2 kids and 3 little girls, the PFA stated.
The Union of European Football Organizations remembered him as “an ability that promised to numerous youngsters, also in the darkest of times,” in a post on X.
Palestinians lug bundles of food extracted from an altruistic help convoy that relocated along the Morag passage near Rafah, in the southerly Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025.
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Trucks filled with altruistic help bound for the Gaza Strip wait at the Rafah Boundary entrance, in between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Rafah, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Aug. 6, 2025.
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Al-Obeid started his job at the Al-Shati’ a Solutions Club in Gaza, after that relocated to the West Financial institution, signing up with the Al-Amari Young people Facility from 2009 to 2013. There, he won the title of the very first version of the Palestinian Expert Organization in the 2010-2011 period, according to the PFA.
He after that went back to Al-Shati’ a Solutions Club in Gaza for one period prior to signing up with the Gaza Sporting Club. He was called the leading marker in the organization throughout the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 periods, the PFA stated.
