{"id":129042,"date":"2026-07-09T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129042"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:50:30","slug":"israeli-strike-kills-gaza-aid-worker-organising-fifa-world-cup-screenings-shortly-before-egypt-argentina-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129042\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strike kills Gaza aid worker organising FIFA World Cup screenings shortly before Egypt-Argentina clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web desk(National Times)- An Israeli strike in Gaza prior to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup clash between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2013636\">Argentina and Egypt<\/a>\u00a0killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organise screenings of the game across the strip, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-world-cup-strike-egypt-israel-8fae6d465136e7f1a7d1bb03e805c0a0\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;said the blast that killed Mohamed al-Wahidi, an official with Egypt\u2019s relief arm in Gaza, turned \u201cwhat was supposed to be a moment of celebration \u2014 the live screening of a potential upset against Argentina by an Arab team \u2014 into a reminder of how the near-daily Israeli strikes are continuing to kill civilians despite a truce reached in October\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also quoted Dr Mohamed Abu Selmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital, as saying that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2013729\">strike&nbsp;<\/a>that killed al-Wahidi on Tuesday hit a car in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City at dusk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said three others were killed in the attack, including the driver, Ahmed Daghmush, 33, and two brothers, 10-year-old Hamza al-Deri and 8-year-old Fari,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the publication, the Israeli military said that al-Wahidi was not the target of the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt said the attack was aimed at a Hamas militant and that it was checking whether Daghmush was the target. Dr Abu Selmiya said he was a taxi driver without any known links to militant groups,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee for which al-Wahidi worked is the relief arm of the Egyptian government, which provides food, shelter and other assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;reported that Gaza\u2019s Sabra district was hit around an hour before the match commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It quoted Wahidi\u2019s cousin as saying that he was \u201cwidely loved and had a strong presence at family and community gatherings\u201d, and was known for supporting people in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has repeatedly carried out strikes in Gaza since a US-mediated ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas was reached last October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 1,084 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect, according to the territory\u2019s health ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- An Israeli strike in Gaza prior to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup clash between\u00a0Argentina and Egypt\u00a0killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organise screenings of the game across the strip, according to media reports. The&nbsp;Associated Press&nbsp;said the blast that killed Mohamed al-Wahidi, an official with Egypt\u2019s relief arm in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israeli strike kills Gaza aid worker organising FIFA World Cup screenings shortly before Egypt-Argentina clash - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129042\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli strike kills Gaza aid worker organising FIFA World Cup screenings shortly before Egypt-Argentina clash - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Web desk(National Times)- An Israeli strike in Gaza prior to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup clash between\u00a0Argentina and Egypt\u00a0killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organise screenings of the game across the strip, according to media reports. 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