❌❌ Israel’s Army (IDF) Reveals: Palestinian Footballers Who Were Introduced Worldwide Only as Athletes Were Actually Members of Terrorist Organizations in the Gaza Strip

In recent weeks, false claims have been published according to which the Israel Army intentionally targeted innocent Palestinian footballers during the war.

Following these claims, the Israel Army is now disclosing the identities of a number of Palestinian footballers, referees, and coaches who had been presented as athletes and innocent civilians, but in practice had been members of the military wing of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Islamic Jihad) in the Gaza Strip and were killed during the war by the Israel Army.

After intelligence reviews, it is now possible to reveal the organizational affiliation and responsibilities of these terrorists; despite the fact that in many cases, they were introduced internationally merely as footballers and no mention was made of their membership in terrorist organizations.

A fake campaign that accused the Israel Army of intentionally attacking people in the football field and was part of the efforts by various actors against the Government of Israel is placed alongside other similar campaigns that were promoted during the war. In those campaigns, Palestinian terrorists killed by the Israel Army were presented as journalists, employees of aid institutions, or owners of other businesses, and their role in terrorist activities was kept hidden—aiming to promote the false claim that these individuals were targeted because of their “non-military” professional activity.

The Israel Army will continue to expose similar cases in order to present all facts completely and to refute claims that do not reflect reality.

List of terrorists:

1) Muhammad Barakat — footballer — a terrorist member of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine terrorist organization who infiltrated Israel on October 7. 2) Mahmoud Kamel Muhammad Ali Al-Rufa’i — footballer — platoon commander in the air defense system of the Hamas terrorist organization. 3) Muhammad Mansour — footballer and coach — deputy commander of the Al-Nuseirat Battalion in the Hamas terrorist organization who infiltrated Israel on October 7. 4) Ahmad Muhammad Hasan Abu Al-‘Aṭā — footballer — squad commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 5) Abdullah Riyad Abdullah Khitāb — footballer — a terrorist in the anti-tank missile unit of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 6) Muhammad Sami Muhammad Khitāb — FIFA international referee — a terrorist in the area of the central camps of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 7) Ali Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Kurd — footballer and coach — squad commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Rafah. 8) Muhammad Imad ‘Aṭā Hasanah — footballer — a terrorist in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization who infiltrated Israel on October 7. 9) Tariq Ziyad Hussein Al-Hour — footballer — a terrorist in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization. 10) Muhammad Ziyad Hussein Al-Hour — footballer — squad commander in Al-Nuseirat in the Hamas terrorist organization. 11) Mahmoud Usama Al-Jazzar — footballer — an armed fighter terrorist in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 12) Muhammad Nidal Muhammad Al-Hawwājri — footballer — commander of an armed fighter in the Al-Nuseirat area in Hamas.