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Gaza Football Fans Gather Amid Ruins for World Cup Hours After Israeli Strike Kills Screening Coordinator

Summary by IBTimes UK
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered among the ruins of Gaza to watch the FIFA World Cup just hours after an Israeli air strike killed the aid worker who had helped organise the public screenings, turning what was intended to be a rare moment of celebration into another reminder of the war's continuing toll. Mohamed al-Wahidi, director of public relations for the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza, was killed on Tuesday when an Israeli strike hit a …

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Mohamed Fawaz Al-Wahidin had organized the giant-screen retransmission of the Argentina-Egypt match, in the heart of a war-stricken city. He was killed by an Israeli strike before the start of the match.On 7 July, hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Gaza to follow, on a giant screen, the eighth final of the 2026 World Cup between Egypt and Argentina. Broadcasted by CNN, a video showing this crowd in tears in the midst of a landscape devastated …

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Palestinian humanitarian worker Mohamed al-Wahidi died after an Israeli missile hit the taxi in which he was travelling hours before the match between Egypt and Argentina

·Granada, Spain
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In Gaza City, hundreds of people gathered among the crowds to watch the round of 32 match between Egypt and Argentina in the World Cup on a big screen. It could have been a welcome break from a war-torn everyday life. But just an hour before the match, one of the organizers, Mohamed al-Wahidi, 57, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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The residents of the Gaza Strip paid a final tribute to Mohammad al-Waheidi, a senior official of the main Egyptian humanitarian organization present in the enclave, killed on Tuesday July 7 during an Israeli strike reports...

An Israeli missile strike killed Mohammed al-Wahidi, while he was traveling in a taxi, and three other people. The humanitarian worker was respected by displaced Palestinians.

·Portugal
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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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