The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared overnight that it was informed “very violent incidents targeting Israelis”and urgently dispatched two planes to the site to provide assistance to his fellow citizens.
According to the Israeli newspaper Times of Israelseveral supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club reported being attacked in the streets of Amsterdam after the Israeli football team’s defeat against local club Ajax on Thursday evening, November 7.
On Friday night, videos on social networks, filmed in the streets of Amsterdam, showed, according to the newspaper “brutal attacks by masked attackers, some carrying Palestinian flags and shouting “Liberate Palestine!”» A number of Israeli fans were reportedly injured.
Kidnapping attempts reported
The Israeli daily Maarivwho collected on-site testimonies from supporters who were attacked, for his part mentions “planned ambushes”which would have been tense by individuals speaking in Arabic. A witness cited by the newspaper explains that one of his friends was kidnapped. “I called his phone and the Arabs answered”he explained. Always according to Maarivwho does not hesitate to talk about «pogrom»several other kidnapping attempts have been reported.
On the social network X, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls on the Dutch authorities to act without delay.
According to the Reuters news agency, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared overnight that it was aware “very violent incidents targeting Israelis”and urgently dispatched two planes to the site to provide assistance to his fellow citizens.
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