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Mohamed Salah challenges UEFA response to Palestinian footballer's death in Gaza

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has called out UEFA for not saying how a footballer known as the "Palestinian Pele" died in its tribute to him.

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said on Wednesday that Suleiman Al-Obeid, 41, died in an Israeli attack in Gaza.

UEFA wrote on X that he was "a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times".

Responding on Saturday, Egyptian star Salah wrote: "Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?"

Salah, 33, who has more than 19 million X followers, previously called for the massacres in the conflict to stop and for aid to be allowed into Gaza.