Israeli strike kills aid worker who brought World Cup screenings to Gaza
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An Israeli strike has killed an aid worker who organized World Cup game screenings for Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip, a hospital director says.
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Palestinians carry the body of Mohamed al-Wahidi, director of public relations for the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, during his funeral at the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 World Cup match. He had organised the screening of World Cup games across the Gaza Strip, which had become a welcome diversion from the continuing misery of a very partly observed ceasefire a…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli strike in Gaza just before the kickoff of the Egypt-Argentina World Cup match killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organize public screenings of the game across the enclave, according to local health officials.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 9 (Reuters) - Gazans turned out in large numbers to pay their respects to a senior Palestinian member of Egypt's main aid organisation who set up World Cup screenings in the shattered enclave and was killed by an Israeli air strike on a taxi he was in this week.
An Israeli strike has killed an aid worker who organized World Cup game screenings for Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip, a hospital director says.
Crowds of Gazans took to the streets on Wednesday for the funeral of Palestinian aid worker Mohammad al-Waheidi, who was killed by an Israeli air strike Tuesday. Waheidi had been involved in setting up public screenings of World Cup matches in the devastated Palestinian territory.
An Israeli airstrike has killed a Palestinian aid worker who played an instrumental role in delivering humanitarian relief in the Gaza Strip, according to his family members and colleagues.
Palestinians are mourning Mohammed al-Wahidi, a beloved aid worker in Gaza. He was killed by as Israeli airstrike while en route to a World Cup screening which he organized.
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