Gazans turned out in large numbers to pay their respects to a senior Palestinian member of Egypt's main aid organisation who set up World Cup screenings in the shattered enclave and was killed by an Israeli air strike on a taxi he was in this week.

The strike killed Mohammad al-Waheidi on the eve of the Egypt-Argentina match on Tuesday, along ‌with three other people, including two young passers-by, siblings aged 10 and 8, in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, medics said.

Watching the matches on giant screens brought joy to thousands of football fans in the enclave, laid waste by more than two years of war. Palestinians, like many Arabs, cheered for the ​Egyptian team, which performed strongly before Argentina knocked them out.

"My father worked hard to bring some entertainment to the people, to ​the displaced, to us and everyone who suffers in Gaza, he tried to bring them the matches ⁠close to their tents and wrecked shelters," his son Fawaz told Reuters by phone.

Asked for comment on his death, the Israeli military said it had struck a Hamas militant and was aware of claims that uninvolved individuals ​were killed in the strike.

It did not respond to a query on the identity of the alleged militant.

The Palestinian Centre for Human rights said the fourth victim was 30-year-old Ahmed Jehad Rajab Doghmosh, who was also inside the vehicle.

It was unclear if he was the driver or another passenger.

No Palestinian ​militant group claimed any of those killed that day as its member.

Two Egyptian security sources said Waheidi was tasked with logistics at the ​aid agency in Gaza, which serves as the relief arm of the Egyptian government in the enclave.

-Reuters