Israeli forces have killed more than 350 Palestinian football players since it launched its campaign of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
The Palestinian Football Association said in statement that more than 353 footballers, including 91 children and 262 young men, have so far been killed in the Palestinian territory.
In an airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Monday, the regime’s forces killed two brothers, Mohammad and Mahmoud Khalifa, who played professional football.
His brother Mahmoud Khalifa, Ahli Al-Nusairat player, has been confirmed killed as well. 356 footballers killed in Gaza.
— Abubaker Abed (@AbubakerAbedW) December 10, 2024
Israel wiped out their family yesterday, killing 7 members of their family in an airstrike on Al-Nusairat Camp. https://t.co/ZqIFvqyZE0 pic.twitter.com/jPkOunbKcO
Mohammad played for Hilal Gaza, and the Palestinian national youth team and his brother Mahmoud played for Shabab Ahli Al-Nuseirat.
Their entire family was killed in the airstrike.
The Palestinian Football Association also said that more than 546 people from the Palestinian sports and scouting movements have been killed by the regime’s forces in the last 14 months.