The "Pele" of Palestinian soccer hoped to keep scoring goals until he was 50. An Israeli tank shell dashed that dream a decade early, his family said, killing Suleiman al-Obeid as he queued in southern Gaza this week to collect food.

Suleiman Al-Obeid, 41, was killed by Israeli "bullets," that "targeted" Palestinians who were "waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza," the PFA said in a statement in Arabic. The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately respond to ABC News' requests for comment on Al-Obeid's death.

In a brief post on the social media platform X, UEFA called the former national team member "a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times." Salah responded: "Can you tell us how he died,