The "Pele" of Palestinian soccer hoped to keep scoring goals until he was 50. An Israeli tank shell dashed that dream a decade early, his family said, killing Suleiman al-Obeid as he queued in southern Gaza this week to collect food.

A former Palestinian national soccer team player and star of Gaza's Al-Shati'a Services Club was killed by Israeli forces while waiting to get humanitarian aid.

In a brief post on the social media platform X, UEFA called the former national team member "a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times." Salah responded: "Can you tell us how he died,