The Palestinian Football Association said that the number of football players killed in the Gaza Strip has reached more than 353 martyrs, including 91 children and 262 young men, since the beginning of the occupation's aggression on October 7, 2023.

It added, in a statement, that 546 people from the Palestinian sports and scouting movements have been martyred since the beginning of the war.

It pointed out that 108 martyrs from the Olympic sports federations were killed, in addition to 85 members of the Palestinian Scout Movement, explaining that two brothers, Muhammad and Mahmoud Khalifa, were killed yesterday when the occupation bombed their home in Nuseirat.

It pointed out that the martyr Muhammad was a player in the Hilal Gaza Club, and also played in the national youth team, while his brother Mahmoud played in the Ahli Al-Nuseirat Club.