Mohammed Barakat: Former Palestine Forward Killed In Israeli Airstrike - Report

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The Palestinian Football Association says 158 athletes, including 91 football players from various divisions, are among those killed

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Updated on: 13 March 2024 9:19 pm

Affectionately known as “the lion” by fellow players, Mohammed Barakat had played for the national team and some clubs in Gaza, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Photo: Instagram Screengrab

The Palestinian soccer federation says former national team member Mohammed Barakat was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (More Football News)

The federation says the 39-year-old Barakat was killed in a strike Monday on a residential building in the southern city of Khan Younis.

Affectionately known as “the lion” by fellow players, Barakat had played for the national team and some clubs in Gaza, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. He began his professional career in 2015 with Shabab Khanyounis, where he became the first player in Gaza to score 100 goals with a single team.

Former Palestine national team striker Mohammed Barakat killed in Israeli airstrike.

Remarkably, Israel managed to kill three more footballers in the West Bank and another in Lebanon with zero rebuke from @FIFAcom @UEFAcom and @FIFPRO https://t.co/hy1mXPOmKj
— Football Palestine (@FutbolPalestine) March 12, 2024

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The Palestinian Football Association says 158 athletes, including 91 soccer players from various divisions, are among those killed.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 hostages.