Mohamed al-Dalou

Palestinian table tennis executive (1968–2023)

محمد صلاح رشيد الدلو

Born

Mohamed Salah Rashid al-Dalou

(1968-11-22)22 November 1968

Gaza City

Died15 October 2023(2023-10-15) (aged 54)

Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip

Other namesMohamed S. R. AldalouOccupationSportsman

Mohamed Salah al-Dalou (Abu Salah; Arabic: محمد صالح الدلو; 22 November 1968 – 15 October 2023) was a Palestinian head of the Palestine Table Tennis Federation (PTTF).^[1]^[2] He had also worked in the Palestinian Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, the Palestinian Football Association, and Mujama al-Islamiya.^[3]

On 15 October 2023, he, his wife and children were killed during an airstrike attack fired by Israeli Air Force on his home located in Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, during the Israeli response to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.^[4]^[5] Many official bodies mourned him, including the International Table Tennis Federation,^[6] the Palestinian Supreme Council for Youth and Sports,^[7] the Egypt Table Tennis Federation,^[8] the Jordan Table Tennis Federation,^[9] and others. The Arab Table Tennis Championship, which was scheduled to be held in Beirut at the end of November 2023, was postponed after he was killed.^[10]^[11]

References

^ "أبرز قرارات اتحاد كرة الطاولة". Felesteen Online (in Arabic). 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Khan, Salman (16 October 2023). "Tragic Loss of Palestinian Table Tennis Federation Head Calls for Urgent Peace". BNN Breaking. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "بغارة إسرائيلية.. مقتل رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة الطاولة وأفراد عائلته". Syria TV (in Arabic). 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "استشهاد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة الطاولة وأفراد عائلته". Winwin (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "استشهاد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة الطاولة وكافة أفراد عائلته". Al Ghad (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Sakthimogan, Nathiyaah (16 October 2023). "ITTF Mourns Mohamed S. R. Aldalou". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "استشهاد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة الطاولة وأفراد عائلته". Winwin (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ al-Sayid, Kariman (16 October 2023). "تنس الطاولة ينعى رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطينى بعد استشهاده اليوم". gulf365.net. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ al-Musaa, Duaa (15 October 2023). "الزعبي ينعى رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة الطاولة الذي استشهد اليوم وعائلة". Sarab Sport (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ al-Musaa, Duaa (21 October 2023). "تأجيل البطولة العربية لتنس الطاولة بعد استشهاد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني". Sarab Sport (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "استشهاد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني يؤجل بطولة الأندية العربية بكرة الطاولة في لبنان". Al-Ayyam. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

External links

Mohamed al-Dalou on Facebook

Israel–Hamas war

Engage-
ments

Hamas-led
attack on Israel

Attacks on civilians	Netiv HaAsara Alumim Be'eri Elchanan Team Holit Kfar Aza Kissufim Nir Oz Nir Yitzhak Nahal Oz Nirim Nova music festival Psyduck music festival
Battles	Re'im Sderot Sufa Zikim Israeli female tank crew fight
General topics	Allegations of genocide Allegations of involvement of UNRWA employees Denial Sexual and gender-based violence

Israeli invasion
of Gaza

Attacks on refugee camps	Jabalia 31 October Al-Shati Al-Maghazi
Attacks on schools	Al-Maghazi Al-Fakhoora Al-Falah Shadia Abu Ghazala School
Attacks on health facilities	Killing of health workers Gaza Strip mass graves Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion Al-Shifa Hospital siege alleged military use ambulance airstrike Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Nasser Hospital siege Nasser Hospital mass graves Gaza Strip mass graves
Other attacks	Airstrikes on municipal services in Gaza Church of Saint Porphyrius Engineer's Building strike and massacre Flour massacre Palestinians evacuating Gaza City Sabra mosque World Central Kitchen drone strikes
General topics	Gaza genocide allegations Bombing of the Gaza Strip Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israel–Hamas war Environmental damage in the Gaza Strip caused by the Israel–Hamas war Torture AI-assisted targeting

Other theaters

Israel–Lebanon border clashes
- Attacks on journalists
Israeli incursions in the West Bank
- Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
- April 2024 Israeli settler rampages
Givat Shaul shooting
Tower 22 drone attack

Iran–Israel conflict	Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus Iranian strikes in Israel Israeli strikes on Iran
Red Sea crisis	Operation Prosperity Guardian Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou 2024 missile strikes in Yemen Marlin Luanda missile strike

Hostage
crisis

Hostages	Noa Argamani Bibas family Alex Dancyg Oded Lifshitz Hersh Goldberg-Polin Naama Levy
Rescued hostages	Operation Golden Hand Ori Megidish
Released hostages	Rachel Edry Yarden Roman-Gat Mia Schem
Deceased hostages	Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka

General
topics

Historical context	Arab–Israeli conflict Blockade of the Gaza Strip Palestinian freedom of movement Israel and apartheid Children Gaza–Israel conflict Casualties of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip Human shields Israeli settlement Israeli outpost Israeli settler violence Israeli disengagement from Gaza Palestinian rocket attacks Palestinian tunnel warfare anti-tunnel barrier Women

Effects

Reactions

Discrimination	Antisemitism Riots in the North Caucasus Anti-Palestinianism Islamophobia Violent incidents Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume Death of Paul Kessler Vermont student shooting Zürich stabbing attack
Protests	France March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism Pro-Palestinian protests at Sciences Po Indonesia 2023 Bitung clashes Israel United Kingdom United States National March on Washington: Free Palestine March for Israel DNC protests March on Washington for Gaza Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell Israel–Hamas war protest vote movements Artists4Ceasefire Columbia University protests
UN resolutions	A/RES/ES-10/21 S/RES/2712 A/RES/ES-10/22 S/RES/2720 S/RES/2728
UN inquiry	Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
World Court	South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) Legal Consequences of Israeli Policies and Practices
Courts	Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden

Casualties

Israel

Security forces	Alim Abdallah Yitzhak Ben-Bashat Jayar Davidov Eli Ginsberg Salman Habaka Asaf Hamami Yitzhar Hofman Roi Levy Izhar Peled Yonatan Steinberg
Civilians	Lior Asulin Yuval Castleman Hayim Katsman Ofir Libstein Shani Louk Aner Shapira Vivian Silver Yahav Winner

Palestine

Hamas	Saleh al-Arouri Abdul Fatah Dukhan Mohammed Dababish Wissam Farhat Ahmed Ghandour Marwan Issa Fursan Khalifa Osama Mazini Ayman Nofal Jamila al-Shanti Ali Al Qadi
Other militants	Fouad Abu Butihan Jihad Shehadeh
Civilians	Tawfic Abdel Jabbar Refaat Alareer Hammam Alloh Naheda and Samr Anton Yazan al-Kafarneh Ibrahim al-Astal Ahmad Bahar Mohammed Barakat Rashid Dabour [ar] Mohamed al-Dalou Awni El-Dous Omar Ferwana Hiba Abu Nada Ibrahim Qusaya Hind Rajab Mohammed Shabir Omar Abu Shawish Sufian Tayeh Wael Al Zard

Spillover

Journalists

General topics

Friendly fire

Related
people

Israelis	Nimrod Aloni Rachel Goldberg-Pollin Eitan Okun [he] Yagel Oshri Inbal Rabin-Lieberman Amir Tibon
Palestinians	Wael Al-Dahdouh Plestia Alaqad Motaz Azaiza Bisan Owda Mustafa Moien Ayyash