Israeli Strike Kills Mohamed Al-Wahidi, World Cup Screening Organizer, in Gaza City

An Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday killed Mohamed al-Wahidi, an Egyptian volunteer organizing public screenings of the match between Argentina and Egypt, minutes before the initial whistle.

The attack also killed two more men and two children, according to local authorities, and the Israeli army confirmed the strike while saying Al-Wahidi was not the target and that it was “reviewing” the facts.

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The Los Angeles Times said the blast hit a car in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City at dusk Tuesday, killing passersby Mohamed al-Wahidi, 10-year-old Hamza al-Deri and his 8-year-old brother Fari, and also killing Ahmed Daghmush, the driver.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Dr. Mohamed Abu Selmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital, received the four bodies, and that an Israeli military said it was aiming for a Hamas militant and checking if Daghmush was the target.

The Diari ARA account said Al-Wahidi was in a taxi on his way to a match screening in Tel al-Hawa, south of Gaza City, when a missile hit his vehicle, killing both Al-Wahidi and the driver, and also killing the brothers Fari and Hamza al-Deri and a 30-year-old man from shrapnel impact.

The Diari ARA narrative described thousands of Gazans gathering to follow the World Cup matches as a brief escape from continuous Israeli attacks, and it said at least 1,000 Palestinians have died and nearly 3,500 have been injured by Israel's military actions since the ceasefire was declared last October.

The Los Angeles Times placed the broader toll differently, saying “At least 1,084 people, including 258 children, have been killed since the truce took effect in October,” and it added that the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war stands at 73,110, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Arab News PK

In a separate account of strikes amid ceasefire violations, Middle East Monitor said at least 12 Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, citing a Health Ministry statement that eight people were killed and 17 others injured.

Middle East Monitor also said Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that Israeli violations of the ceasefire had killed 1,092 Palestinians and injured 3,507 others as of Thursday, while it stated that since Oct. 8, 2023, 73,118 Palestinians have been killed and 173,615 injured.

Arab News PK, meanwhile, focused on children, saying at least four Palestinian children in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli attacks in the past six days, including a 10-year-old killed when an Israeli strike hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

The Diari ARA account said rescue teams were still searching the gutted building on Sunday evening, and it framed the World Cup screenings as continuing amid attacks that kill civilians despite a supposed truce mediated by Donald Trump.

In the same Gaza context, the Los Angeles Times reported that Israel’s military said its strikes target militants and regrets harm to civilians, while it described the Egyptian Committee in Gaza as the relief arm of the Egyptian government that provides food, shelter and other assistance to Palestinians in Gaza.

Middle East Monitor said the attacks came amid Israel’s continued violations of the ceasefire agreement, which has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025, and it reported that victims remain trapped under the rubble and on roads as ambulance and civil defense teams are unable to reach them.

Arab News PK added that Save the Children renewed its call for urgent international intervention, quoting Ahmad Alhendawi saying, “Children are meant to be off-limits in war — this is the rule of law.”

The Los Angeles Times also recalled that the war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage, and it said Israel’s military says its strikes target militants as the conflict continues.