Mohamed al-Dalou | |
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محمد صلاح رشيد الدلو | |
| Born | Mohamed Salah Rashid al-Dalou (1968-11-22)22 November 1968 Gaza City,Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Died | 15 October 2023(2023-10-15) (aged 54) Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Other names | Mohamed S. R. Aldalou |
| Occupation | Sportsman |
Mohamed Salah al-Dalou (Abu Salah;Arabic:محمد صالح الدلو; 22 November 1968 – 15 October 2023) was a Palestinian head of thePalestine Table Tennis Federation (PTTF).[1] He had also worked in thePalestinian Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, thePalestinian Football Association, andMujama al-Islamiya.[2]
On 15 October 2023, he, his wife and children were killed during an airstrike attack by theIsraeli Air Force on his home located inTel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, during theGaza war.[3][4] Many official bodies mourned him, including theInternational Table Tennis Federation,[5] the Palestinian Supreme Council for Youth and Sports,[6] the Egypt Table Tennis Federation,[7] the Jordan Table Tennis Federation,[8] and others. TheArab Table Tennis Championship, which was scheduled to be held inBeirut at the end of November 2023, was postponed after he was killed.[9][10]