A man standing on an Israeli flag and giving a Nazi salute was seen on April 20 along the Boston Marathon route between mile 3 and mile 5.
Video of the incident shows a black man with a Hitler-style mustache, wearing a red armband, standing on an Israeli flag and yelling “Heil Hitler” and “Happy 4/20"—both the date of the marathon and Adolf Hitler’s birthday—as runners pass.

Yoel Levy, who runs marathons wearing a Batman costume in memory of Ariel and Kfir Bibas—two red-headed boys who were murdered, along with their mother Shiri, by Hamas terrorists after the attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023—said runners were “frustrated” with the incident.

“He is allowed his own opinion,” Levy said. “But during a marathon, there’s a time and place. That was just disturbing, not just for Jewish runners but for non-Jewish runners.”