Enjoy the game today guys. Israel murdered another footballer yesterday, they have now murdered 300 palestinian footballers since October 7th, and around 500 palestinian athletes in total
Hundreds of players have died and scores of stadiums destroyed in Israel's attacks. 'It’s heartbreaking. Unthinkable. Unspeakable'
inews.co.uk
To reinforce your updated accounts of footballers being killed post October 7, I will repost my post a while back, of how Israel forces and the IDF had routinely killed footballers
BEFORE October 7 2023. And I’m posting this as just within the decade before October 7.
***BEFORE OCTOBER 7 2023***
In 2009, Palestine national team footballers Ayman Alkurd (29), Shadi Sbakhe (27) and Wajeh Mostahe (24) killed by missiles.
January 2014, Jawhar Naseer (19), footballer for Abu Dis FC was outside stadium after training. He was shot on leg and then try to run to safety, then shot on hand and leg 11 times (7 left foot, 3 right foot), then beaten up including hit head by gun and legs snapped backward until broke, and set by dogs. Legs had to be amputated.
10 March 2014, Saji Darwish, footballer for Beitin FC was in the Givat Assaf vicinity, shot in the head by IDF.
March 2018, Mohammed Khalil (23), Salah FC footballer, IDF shot him in the leg and knee destroyed. Shot by ‘butterfly bullet’, a munition that destroyed upon impact and pulverising tissue, arteries and bone. The event was recorded on video:
Upon Argentina hearing of Khalil’s news, Argentina cancelled their football match against Israel.
May 2021, Sa’id Yousef Odeh (16), Footballer promoted with number 22 for champion team Balata FC, Shot by IDF on his chest as random shots after he was returning from prayer. Red Crescent reached for medic, but IDF blocked medic until Sa’id bled to death.
18 May 2022, Thayer Khalil Yazouri (18), Footballer, was at Al-Bireh City, Ramallah, and killed after shot in the heart
27 May 2022, Zaid Mohammad Ghneim (15), Footballer, killed at Al-Khader by Shot on the back and neck
11 April 2022, Mohammad Ali Ahmad Alghneim (19), footballer for 3rd division Al Khadr Club, killed after Shot in the back
22 Dec 2022, Ahmed Daraghmeh (23), top-league club Footballer (top-scorer), location: Tubas, killed by shots on back and feet
21 June 2023, Omar Abu Qatin (25), winger footballer for 3rd division club, location: Turnus Aya, killed by shots.
Several other footballers, killed by shots and airstrikes as well as imprisonment. Omar Abu Rwoyyais (Palestine NT goalkeeper) imprisoned in 2012. Zakaria Issa (Palestine NT footballer) was imprisoned for 16 years.
And on children playing football, remember and never forget the atrocities attacked on children who were just playing football. Khalil Al Mughrabi (11) shot and killed because he was playing football close to the fence.
Ismael Mohammed Bakr (9), Ahed Atif Bakr (10), Zakaria Ahed Bakr (10), Mohammed Ramiz Bakr (11), were playing football on the beach. They were shot and killed by Israeli gunships.
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