A bullet proved swifter than his legendary footwork. Suleiman Al-Obeid – celebrated as ‘Pelé' of Palestine’ for his dazzling skills – did not fall in the glory of sport, but while waiting in a breadline. He was shot and killed by the Zionist forces, becoming one of more than 600 Palestinian athletes systematically targeted since the beginning of the Zionist genocide in Gaza in October 2023.
Not content with destroying Gaza's stadiums, the Zionist war machine executes Palestinian athletes - methodically eliminating every symbol of Palestinian pride, resistance, and identity.
The 'Pelé of Palestine' took his final bow, leaving behind five children to navigate a future as shattered as Gaza's stadiums. His orphans now stand as a living testimony to a genocide that spares neither athletes nor children, neither icons nor starving civilians.