{"id":49156,"date":"2025-08-10T20:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T20:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:02:20","slug":"salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","title":{"rendered":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed by an Israeli attack while waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman al-Obaid was killed on Wednesday amid the second year of Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Marking his passing, UEFA wrote, &#8220;Farewell to Suleiman al-Obaid, the &#8216;Palestinian Pele.&#8217; A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times&#8221; \u2013 but said nothing about how he died.<\/p>\n<p>Salah pointedly criticized UEFA&#8217;s farewell to Al-Obaid, saying: &#8220;Can you tell us how, where and why he died?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 800 athletes have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel\u2019s offensive on Oct. 7, 2023, as the sports community continues to suffer under bombardment, famine, and the collapse of infrastructure, according to Palestinian officials.<\/p>\n<p>One of the latest victims was al-Obaid, who was killed while waiting for humanitarian aid \u2013 a common occurrence under a controversial Israeli- and US-backed aid scheme that critics have called a \u201cdeath trap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since May 27 while seeking food under the scheme, while Israel blocks other aid groups from entering Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Football Association said in a statement: \u201cFormer national team player Suleiman al-Obaid was martyred during an attack by occupation forces while waiting for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al-Obaid, 41, born in Gaza and a father of five, is seen as one of the brightest stars in Palestinian football history. He played 24 official matches for the national team and scored two goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed by an Israeli attack while waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Suleiman al-Obaid was killed on Wednesday amid the second year of Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza. Marking his passing, UEFA wrote, &#8220;Farewell to Suleiman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,125,7220,954],"class_list":["post-49156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-eritrea","tag-football","tag-salah","tag-uefa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#039;s Death - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#039;s Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#8217;s Death\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Eritrea\",\"football\",\"Salah\",\"UEFA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\",\"name\":\"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death - Eritrea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#8217;s Death\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\",\"name\":\"Eritrea\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death - Eritrea","description":"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death","og_description":"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","og_site_name":"Eritrea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#8217;s Death","datePublished":"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death"},"wordCount":279,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg","keywords":["Eritrea","football","Salah","UEFA"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death","name":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death - Eritrea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-10T20:25:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-10T21:02:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah on Saturday protested UEFA\u2019s silence on how a former Palestinian player was killed ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/sm_1754843469.378542.jpg","width":864,"height":486,"caption":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele's Death"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/salah-criticizes-uefa-for-ignoring-palestinian-peles-death#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Salah Criticizes UEFA for Ignoring Palestinian Pele&#8217;s Death"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/","name":"Eritrea","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}