The Israel Paralympic Committee has filed a complaint with wheelchair basketball’s international governing body, according to the Israeli organization’s head, after members of Britain’s team turned their backs while “Hatikvah” played before a game this month.

The incident occurred on August 16 ahead of a match at the Wheelchair Basketball Nations Cup in Cologne, with the British players turning away from the Israeli flag during Israel’s national anthem in an apparent protest against the war with Hamas in Gaza.

The Israeli players did not seem to notice the protest in real time as they were facing away from the British team, which went on to win the game.

Speaking Sunday with Channel 13 news, Moshe Matalon, the chairman of the

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