Fans of the Belgian football club of Charleroi made Hitler salutes and shouted anti-Semitic slogans, during Thursday’s Europa League qualifying round match in Belgium against Israel’s Betar Jerusalem.

The information, confirmed by video images, was not reported by the Belgian media which only mentioned the fact that Israeli supporters threw smoke bombs, flares and firecrackers at the beginning of the match which was held up.

The owner of Beitar Jérusalem, Eli Tabib, said on Friday he was putting the Israeli Premier League club up for sale because he felt ashamed of the supporters’behavior.

Israeli Sports Minister Miri Regev condemned the action of the fans, saying on her Facebook page a "small group of thugs" had defamed Israeli soccer and called on Israeli police to cooperate with their Belgian counterparts.

Beitar is due to host Charleroi in the return leg at Jerusalem's Teddy Kollek Stadium next week and Regev said security, which is always heavy at Beitar matches, would be tightened further.