This was Palestine’s first ever flag bearer at the Olympics, Majed Abu Maraheel, in Atlanta ‘96. Abu Maraheel was killed in Gaza last month. Unable to receive adequate care at Gaza’s destroyed hospitals, he died of kidney failure.
These killings don’t figure in the death toll.
Palestine flag-bearers at the Paris 2024 Olympics 🇵🇸
24-year-old swimmer Valerie Tarazi, whose family is originally from Gaza. Top medalist at the 2023 Arab Games.
20-year-old Waseem Abu Sal from Ramallah, the first Palestinian boxer to ever compete at the Olympics.