Former Palestinian international player Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed by an Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)\u2019s tribute to the late Suleiman Al-Obeid, known as the \u201cPalestinian Pele,\u201d after European football\u2019s governing body failed to reference the circumstances surrounding his death this week.<\/p>\n
The Palestine Football Association said that Al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli attack<\/a> on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.<\/p>\n In a brief post on the social media platform X, UEFA called the former national team member \u201ca talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times\u201d.<\/p>\n Salah responded: \u201cCan you tell us how he died, where, and why?\u201d<\/p>\n Can you tell us how he died, where, and why? https:\/\/t.co\/W7HCyVVtBE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n UEFA was not immediately available to comment when contacted by the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n One of the Premier League\u2019s biggest stars, the 33-year-old Egyptian, Salah, has previously advocated for humanitarian aid<\/a> to be allowed into Gaza during the nearly two-year-long war.<\/p>\n The United Nations says that more than 1,000 people have been killed near aid distribution sites and aid convoys in Gaza since the launch of the GHF, a United States- and Israel-backed aid distribution system, in late May.<\/p>\n