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Attacks in Amsterdam: Israeli supporters evacuated on Saturday aboard special flights to Tel Aviv

DMany Israeli fans who were in Amsterdam on Thursday evening to attend the football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv will be repatriated to Israel on Saturday, said the spokesperson for the Jewish state’s embassy in The Hague. .

Four additional flights for this purpose are operated on Saturday from Schiphol Airport by Israeli airlines, which normally do not schedule connections on that day due to Shabbat. Two of them have already taken off for Tel Aviv.

Clashes broke out Thursday evening after a Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Dutch police reported five people briefly hospitalized and 62 arrests following violent incidents on the sidelines of the meeting. Faced with this situation, the Netherlands denounced “unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks against Israelis” on Friday morning.

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Some Israeli supporters were already evacuated on Friday. Three flights to Tel Aviv are also scheduled for Sunday. According to the spokesperson for the Israeli embassy, ​​3,000 supporters will be repatriated from Amsterdam to Israel.


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