New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A scandalous video was captured on camera at the U20 European Athletics Championships held between August 7-10 in Tampere, Finland. Just before the men's 4x100-meter relay, Israeli Ido Peretz made an offensive gesture to the cameras. The action has sparked widespread outrage on social media

Minutes before the start of the race, the athlete appeared on screen and made a beheading gesture. According to Yeni Safak, the British commentator's inaction was also captured on camera.

Despite being located in the Middle East, Israel participates in European sports because of political reasons. Israel was barred from the Asian Games in 1978.

Journalist Zohran Mamdani shared the clip on Twitter (now X). He wrote, "This isn't ...