Gaza Strip, Aug. 20 -- Mohammed Shaalan, a prominent former player for the Palestinian national basketball team, nicknamed "The Earthquake", was shot dead by Israeli forces while trying to obtain food for his children amid the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Wafa News Agency, the 40-year-old was targeted in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as he attempted to reach humanitarian aid supplies. He had been desperately searching for food and medicine for his daughter Mariam, who suffers from kidney failure and severe blood poisoning, after repeated appeals for urgent treatment went unanswered.

Shaalan played for several leading Palestinian clubs and represented Palestine internationally as part of the national basketball team...