The IDF spokesperson released a list of Palestinian soccer players, referees and coaches who were presented as athletes and innocent civilians, but were in fact Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who were eliminated in the Gaza Strip. The announcement was published amid claims that the IDF deliberately targeted Palestinian soccer players during the war. According to the IDF, among the terrorists eliminated was Mohammed Sami Mohammed Khattab, an international FIFA referee, who was an Islamic Jihad terrorist. Other Islamic Jihad terrorists eliminated: Mohammed Barakat, Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Abu al-Ata, Abdullah Riyad Abdullah Khattab, Mohammed Sami Mohammed Khattab, Ali Mahmoud Ahmed al-Kurd, Mahmoud Osama al-Jazar. Hamas terrorists eliminated: Mahmoud Kamal Mohammed Ali al-Rifi, Mohammed Mansour, Mohammed Emad Ata Hassouna, Tariq Ziad Hussein al-Hoor, Mohammed Ziad Hussein al-Hoor, Mohammed Nidal Mohammed al-Hawajri.