Gaza Aid Worker Killed: A Missile Found Him Watching the Game
Mohamed al-Wahidi died as Egypt faced Argentina in their last-16 match — a game he had helped his community gather to watch.
Gaza Aid Worker Killed: A Missile Found Him Watching the Game
A Palestinian aid worker who organised communal World Cup screenings for civilians in Gaza was killed when an Israeli missile struck the taxi he was travelling in, according to The Guardian. Mohamed al-Wahidi died as Egypt faced Argentina in their last-16 match — a game he had helped his community gather to watch.
Al-Wahidi had spent weeks setting up public screenings across Gaza, giving displaced and besieged civilians access to the tournament as a rare point of ordinary life amid the war. He was in transit when the strike hit.
The killing arrives as the broader regional picture deteriorates sharply. Iran and the United States have exchanged direct fire following an Iranian strike on three commercial vessels, with the ceasefire described by The Guardian as close to collapse. At the NATO summit, President Trump said the US would "probably" strike Iran again, while adding — with little reassurance — that "anything that happens will be over quickly."
No international body has announced an investigation into al-Wahidi's death. Israel has not commented on the specific strike.
What makes this particular death legible is exactly what made him a target of no military logic: he was giving people football. He was not a combatant. He was the person who found a generator, hung a screen, and told his neighbours the match was starting.
The last thing he organised, someone else will have to finish.
