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Gaza Sports Club goalkeeper killed five days after Thousand Martyrs Cup final
The Palestinian Football Association announced the killing of Gaza Sports Club goalkeeper and captain Mahmoud Kamal Abdel-Malek (20) in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Sabra neighborhood. The death toll among members of the Palestinian sports movement has consequently risen to 1,017 since October 2023.
Gaza Sports Club goalkeeper and team captain Mahmoud Kamal Fares Abdel-Malek (20) was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike targeting Al-Maghribi Street in the Al-Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City, the Palestinian Football Association announced.
The young goalkeeper was killed just five days after he played with his team in the final of the “Thousand Martyrs Cup,” named after athletes who lost their lives since the war began. Gaza Sports Club finished second in the Gaza and North Gaza division of the tournament, whose final was held on November 5.
A tournament that brought football back to the Strip
The tournament began on September 4 with more than 200 teams from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It marked the return of organized football competitions in Gaza after a lengthy suspension caused by the war and the destruction of sports facilities, Anadolu reported.
Abdel-Malek’s death brought the number of victims from the Palestinian sports movement to 1,017, including athletes and workers at sports institutions, among them 567 football players, according to statistics from the Palestinian Football Association.
A young player killed days earlier
On Saturday, the association announced the death of 15-year-old Mohammed Nidal Barbakh, a player at Al-Najma Sports Academy, who was shot by Israeli forces while playing football with his friends in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Data issued by the Palestinian Olympic Committee in February 2026 indicate that 265 sports facilities have been damaged, 184 of them completely destroyed, including Al-Yarmouk, Palestine and Al-Durra stadiums. The Palestinian Football Association called on international institutions to act against the restrictions and violations affecting Palestinian sports.
This comes despite the ceasefire in effect since October 10, 2025, as health authorities in Gaza say that more than 74,600 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023.
Photos: Anadolu, Palestinian Football Association
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