Israel said on Wednesday several Palestinian soccer players, coaches and a referee who were among internationally reported civilian casualties during its war on Gaza were operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad .

Military publishes a ‘terror team’ of 12 players, coaches and referees portrayed in Western and Arab media as innocent athletes, saying some served Hamas and Islamic Jihad and…

The military described efforts to portray the terrorists as innocent civilians as "part of a broader effort promoted by various actors against the State of Israel."