He added in a statement that he ordered two rescue planes to be sent immediately to help the citizens there.
A second statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that the Department of Homeland Security had urged Israeli citizens People in Amsterdam following the attacks were forced to stay in their hotel rooms.
And he said Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir In a post on the X platform: “Fans who went to watch a football match faced anti-Semitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty simply because they were Jewish and Israeli.”
The nature of the attacks is not yet clear.
The Israeli Foreign Minister asked Gideon Saar From his Dutch counterpart Kaspar Veldkamp in a phone call to help the government help Israeli citizens safely reach the airport.
What happened?
- Israeli media reported that a number of Israeli fans were exposed to violent incidents in… AmsterdamOn Friday night, after they arrived in the Dutch capital to attend Maccabi Tel Aviv’s match against Ajax in the European League.
- The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said 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.
- Videos circulating on social media showed Maccabi fans Tel Aviv They are being subjected to attacks, which one fan described as apparently “pre-organized.”
- The attacks carried out by masked persons targeted a number of hotels in which Israelis were staying.