The Soccer ball of Shaheed Sami Al-Taramsi displayed at the '100 Shaheeds - 100 Lives' Exhibition, Feb 2001

This photograph shows the Soccer ball of Shaheed Sami Al-Taramsi from Sheikh Radwan in Gaza. he participated in the confrontation near Netzarim Settlement, where he was injured with seven bullets to the chest and rocket fragments fired by helicopter. He murdered On October 1, 2000. This item was displayed at the "100 Shaheeds - 100 Lives" exhibition held at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah On February 20, 2001. which is taken by Isabel de la Cruz. the idea of the exhibition emerged weeks after the outbreak of the Second Intifada (Al-Aqsa Intifada) as a tribute to all those murdered in the struggle. However, as the number of shaheeds was exponentially increasing, the exhibition was limited to honoring the first 100 shaheeds representing all areas of Historic Palestine.