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Soccer star Mohamed Salah calls out UEFA statement on killing of ‘Palestinian Pelé'
Soccer The Middle East People in sports The UNFacebookTweetLink Follow Soccer superstar Mohamed Salah called out European football's governing body on Saturday for its limited statement after Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed in Gaza. The Egyptian Liverpool forward, the highest-profile Arab player in the game, pointedly noted that the post by UEFA made no reference to the circumstances of Al-Obeid's death. Al-Obeid, who during his playing days was part of the Palestinian national team, was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for aid in southern Gaza, according to the Palestine Football Association (PFA). 'Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'. A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times,' wrote UEFA in a post on X. Salah responded to the post on Saturday: 'Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?' His remark quickly gained traction online, with more than 840,000 likes by Saturday night. UEFA has not publicly commented further. CNN has contacted the Switzerland-based body for comment. Later on Saturday, the PFA shared a statement in Arabic that it said was sent from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, expressing his condolences for Al-Obeid's death. Al-Obeid showed that 'joy, talent, and pride can blossom despite suffering,' said the statement attributed to Ceferin. 'His talent and dedication of the game gave the children of Gaza and beyond hope in a brighter tomorrow.' Al-Obeid was born in Gaza City and was 41 years old when he was killed, according to the PFA. He had scored more than 100 goals throughout his long career, it said. Salah, a four-time Premier League top-goalscorer, is one of the highest-profile footballers to speak out against the war in Gaza. He has previously called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the enclave 'immediately,' for world leaders to help end the fighting, and for the 'massacres' to stop. According to the PFA, 325 members of its football community have been killed since the war began on October 7, 2023 – including players, managers, referees, coaches and other staff. The United Nations says more than 1,300 people have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since late May, when a controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating. Of those, more than 800 have been killed near GHF sites, according to the UN. Currently 75% of all United Nations members recognize a sovereign Palestinian state, with more countries - including Britain, France and Canada - recently announcing plans to do the same. At the UN, Palestine is currently a non-member observer state of the UN General Assembly as the United States has consistently blocked full UN membership. As a football team though, Palestine has been recognized by the sport's world governing body FIFA since 1998. They have played in the last three Asian Cup tournaments, but have yet to qualify for the World Cup.
CNN
4 hours ago
- CNN
Soccer star Mohamed Salah calls out UEFA statement on killing of ‘Palestinian Pelé'
Soccer The Middle East People in sports The UNFacebookTweetLink Follow Soccer superstar Mohamed Salah called out European football's governing body on Saturday for its limited statement after Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed in Gaza. The Egyptian Liverpool forward, the highest-profile Arab player in the game, pointedly noted that the post by UEFA made no reference to the circumstances of Al-Obeid's death. Al-Obeid, who during his playing days was part of the Palestinian national team, was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for aid in southern Gaza, according to the Palestine Football Association (PFA). 'Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'. A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times,' wrote UEFA in a post on X. Salah responded to the post on Saturday: 'Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?' His remark quickly gained traction online, with more than 840,000 likes by Saturday night. UEFA has not publicly commented further. CNN has contacted the Switzerland-based body for comment. Later on Saturday, the PFA shared a statement in Arabic that it said was sent from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, expressing his condolences for Al-Obeid's death. Al-Obeid showed that 'joy, talent, and pride can blossom despite suffering,' said the statement attributed to Ceferin. 'His talent and dedication of the game gave the children of Gaza and beyond hope in a brighter tomorrow.' Al-Obeid was born in Gaza City and was 41 years old when he was killed, according to the PFA. He had scored more than 100 goals throughout his long career, it said. Salah, a four-time Premier League top-goalscorer, is one of the highest-profile footballers to speak out against the war in Gaza. He has previously called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the enclave 'immediately,' for world leaders to help end the fighting, and for the 'massacres' to stop. According to the PFA, 325 members of its football community have been killed since the war began on October 7, 2023 – including players, managers, referees, coaches and other staff. The United Nations says more than 1,300 people have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since late May, when a controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating. Of those, more than 800 have been killed near GHF sites, according to the UN. Currently 75% of all United Nations members recognize a sovereign Palestinian state, with more countries - including Britain, France and Canada - recently announcing plans to do the same. At the UN, Palestine is currently a non-member observer state of the UN General Assembly as the United States has consistently blocked full UN membership. As a football team though, Palestine has been recognized by the sport's world governing body FIFA since 1998. They have played in the last three Asian Cup tournaments, but have yet to qualify for the World Cup.
Yahoo
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Desperation as Gaza suffers through heatwave - and a sense of hopelessness in Tel Aviv
As if life in Gaza wasn't hard enough, there is now a heatwave - compounding the problems of minimal water, food and the basics you need to keep a family alive. To keep your children halfway clean, when you've been displaced over and over again, forced to live under tarpaulin rammed up against your neighbours. "We suffer greatly, especially because we live in tents," says Riham Akel, who was displaced from the north and now lives in Gaza City. "They are made of cloth and plastic that do not protect us from the heat. In addition, there is no electricity, drinking water or water for washing, no fans or air conditioning." Given Israel's planned takeover of Gaza City - and the evacuation of the 800,000 or so people now living there - it's likely she'll be forced to move again. In Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, the crowds have swelled these past two Saturdays - almost doubling after Hamas published propaganda videos showing two of the remaining hostages starving in captivity - and now this week, Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to push ahead with full security control of the Gaza Strip. People here just want it to stop. Yael said: "I feel like a hostage in my own country, as though no one listens to me - 80% of the citizens don't want it anymore." "When you talk about the government it's not only Gaza," says David Solomon. "They are trying to undermine the democracy in Israel, they're trying willingly to destroy the whole of Israel, they don't care just for another year or two of their survival." There are also calls for IDF soldiers to refuse to carry out Netanyahu's plan to take over Gaza City. Another major point of contention is what many see as the failure of the International Red Cross to bring food to the hostages. Food for the Palestinians in Gaza is not much discussed, except for a small group on the fringes. "We believe that the Israeli public is ignorant on purpose," says Gilad Melzer - holding up a sign saying "Stop Genocide" with a photo of a starving child. "Some of it wants to stay ignorant and some, the government wants to keep them ignorant of what is going on in Gaza and they're ignorant as well of what is going on in the occupied territories." Read more:Life and colour stripped from bustling port city Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have made up his mind, though. He will ramp up the fight, despite international outcry, despite the opposition of his military leadership and despite the tens of thousands who rally each week in Hostages Square, hoping someone in government will bother to listen. There is a sense of hopelessness here - that the solidarity of numbers still makes so little difference.
