The office stated in a second statement that the Ministry of Homeland Security urged the Israelis to… Amsterdam Following the attacks, people were forced to stay in their hotel rooms.
Reuters reported that the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar He urgently heads to the Netherlands to follow up on the case of Israeli fans being injured in Amsterdam
The Israeli Minister of National Security said Itamar Ben Gvir In a post on the X website: “Fans who went to watch a football match faced anti-Semitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty simply because they were Jews and Israelis.”
For his part, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schekhof said on Friday that the acts of violence targeting Israelis in Amsterdam are unacceptable, adding that all perpetrators must be tried, noting that he was in contact with his Israeli counterpart regarding the incident, according to Reuters.
Local police in the Dutch capital revealed that 57 people were detained after the match, while demonstrators supporting the Palestinians tried to reach the stadium. Johan Cruyff Although the city banned them from protesting there.
Police said fans left the stadium without incident, but various clashes were reported in the city center during the night.
Israeli army He reported that he was preparing to send a rescue mission immediately in coordination with the Dutch government after the match, in which he was defeated Ajax Amsterdam a team Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0, and Ajax Amsterdam is usually described as a Jewish club, according to what Reuters reported.
The Israeli army added: “The mission, which will include medical and rescue teams, will be deployed using a cargo plane.”
A video on social media showed crowds running in the streets and a man being beaten.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar asked his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp in a phone call on Friday to help the government help the Israelis safely reach the airport.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv were subjected to violent attacks in several locations in Amsterdam after the match, which ended with Ajax winning 5-0.
Video clips circulating on social media showed Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being subjected to attacks and run-over accidents, which one fan described by saying that it appeared that they were “organized in advance.”
According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the attacks carried out by masked persons affected a number of hotels in which Israelis were staying.
It is worth noting that the Israeli Channel 12 reported, on Friday, that 10 Israelis were injured and contact was lost with two others in the violent incidents that took place in Amsterdam.
The beginning of the crisis
Earlier, Israeli Channel 12 reported that tensions had escalated between Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and supporters of Palestine after fans of the Israeli team tore down the Palestinian flag from a building and provoked Dutch taxi drivers of Arab origin.
While video clips circulated on social media platforms showed a large number of Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian slogans.
Before the start of the match, other video clips showed the Israeli fans provoking the Dutch fans in the stands, by refusing to observe a minute of silence in mourning for the victims of the Valencia floods in Spain, and they even lit fireworks during the minute while the rest of the fans were silent.
While activists considered this behavior a response to Spain’s position that recognizes the State of Palestine, denounces the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and rejects the buying and selling of weapons with Israel.
