Ibrahim Qusaya ( ar, إبراهيم قصيعة; 7 December 1991 — 14 November 2023), also spelled as Ibrahim Qassiya or Ibrahim Qasia,
was a Palestinian volleyball player.
He studied high school at Ahmad al-Shaqiri School and received a bachelor's degree in physical education from
Al-Aqsa University
Al-Aqsa University ( ar, جامعة الأقصى) is a Palestinian university established in 1955 in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Established in 1955 as the first higher education institution in the Gaza Strip, Al-Aqsa University is the oldest gove ...
.
Sports career
Qusaya was a member of the Palestinian national volleyball team.
He won a bronze medal in the 2021 West Asian Beach Soccer Championship.
[ Together with Abdallah Al-Arqan he represented Palestine in the men’s beach volleyball event at the 2023 Asian Games in ]Ningbo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...
, China.[
]
Death
On 14 November 2023, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp alongside teammate Hassan Zuaiter.
See also
* Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
References
External links
Ibrahim Qassiya
at VolleyBox
1991 births
2023 deaths
Civilians killed in the Israel–Hamas war
Deaths by Israeli airstrikes
Palestinian volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Asian Games
21st-century Palestinian sportsmen
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