The Gaza Will team, led by technical director Hatem al-Maghribi, was crowned champion of the amputee football tournament held at the Palestine Club stadium in Gaza City, in a sports festival held for the first time since October 2023, with the attendance of sports and community figures and representatives of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, the Paralympic Committee, federations and clubs.
The tournament was organized and sponsored by the Gaza Will team, and supervised by the Palestine Amputee Football Association in Deir al-Balah, with the participation of 4 teams representing the governorates of the Gaza Strip, while the northern Gaza Strip team finished as runner-up.
In the individual awards, Muhammad Aliwa won the best player award, Rabah Saad won the best goalkeeper award, and Muhammad Hujaila was crowned top scorer of the tournament with three goals.
The competitions also featured the selection of the best player in each of the six matches: Muhammad Aliwa, Muadh Abu Zaher, Seif Bilal, Muhammad Hujaila, Muhannad al-Aswad and Ahmed al-Khudari.
The chairman of the board of directors of the Palestine Amputee Football Association, Fouad Abu Ghalyoun, praised the organizational and technical level of the tournament, considering it a qualitative experience.
The closing ceremony included popular dabkeh performances and a chanting segment by singer Abdullah Nattat, who lost his feet during the "genocide" war, followed by the honoring of players, coaches and supervisory committees.
The tournament embodied a message of hope and resilience, and affirmed that the will of Palestinian athletes is stronger than challenges, and that sport remains a space for life and joy despite pain.
