The social worker who wanted to show the World Cup to the children of war-torn Gaza, was killed by the Israeli attack

Tragic is probably an understatement. Last Tuesday night was the World Cup pre-quarter final match between Argentina and Egypt. Egypt’s Mohammed Al Wahidi made special arrangements in multiple locations in the war-torn Gaza Strip to watch the match. He was an employee of a philanthropic organization of the Egyptian government. Wanted the children to watch the game. But an hour before the start of the game, Wahidi died in an Israeli missile attack. He did not watch the game anymore.

Egypt’s government was outraged by the missile attack on Wahidi, despite not being linked to any terrorist organization. Three others were killed in the attack. Among them are two children. In a statement to the news agency, Shifa Hospital Director Mohammad Abu Selmiya said, “Wahidi was traveling in a car to the Tel Hawa district on the edge of Gaza City. He was supposed to watch the game with thousands of people there. But the missile hit the car directly. The driver survived, but Wahidi and the two children in the front of the car died.”

In an interview with The Guardian, Wahidi’s younger cousin, Abed Al Khalek, said, “We attended a family function. Suddenly we heard an explosion. We were told that a car had crashed on Al-Maghribi Street. By the time we got there, the medical team had removed the bodies of a child and an unidentified person. Another young man was lying on the ground with serious injuries. A person present at the scene said that a relative of mine was seriously injured. His The situation is also very critical.”

It should be noted that the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been going on since 2023 in the Gaza Strip. The Palestine Football Association claims that thousands of athletes from that country have died in the conflict in the last 3 years. Palestinian football player Salim Al-Ashkar died a week ago. The 32-year-old goalkeeper got married five months ago. His wife is currently pregnant. He went out in search of cooking gas to meet the fuel shortage at home during the war. But did not return home.