The Dutch Prime Minister says he is “deeply ashamed” after the violence in Amsterdam…

Far from Amsterdam, Hezbollah indicated on Friday that it had launched missiles at an Israeli military base. The Lebanese Shiite movement claimed to have “targeted the Tel Nof air base, south of Tel Aviv […] with a salvo of missiles.

“Reports of violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam are unbearable. We cannot accept this,” German head of government Olaf Scholz reacted on X. “Whoever attacks Jews attacks us all,” he added.

The German Foreign Minister, for her part, described the images of the violence as “terrible and deeply shameful for us in Europe”.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof denounced the “terrible anti-Semitic attack” in Amsterdam on Friday. “I am deeply ashamed that this could happen to the Netherlands in 2024,” he said in a brief press statement in Budapest on the sidelines of an EU summit. “We will not tolerate it […] We will prosecute the perpetrators,” he added.

The Health Ministry of the Hamas government in Gaza announced on Friday a new death toll of 43,508 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel more than a year ago.

At least 39 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, he said in a statement, adding that 102,684 people had been injured in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

The Lebanese National News Agency (Ani) said the Israeli army blew up houses on Friday in three villages in southern Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out a ground offensive for more than a month against the Islamist movement Hezbollah.

Israeli forces also carried out a raid in the town of Bint Jbeil, Ani said, after Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli troops in the border region. The day before, the movement said it had ambushed Israeli ground forces who were trying to advance towards Yaroun.

Since Wednesday, Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for eight operations targeting Israeli troops on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras.

According to several witnesses, supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv had used several anti-Muslim slogans before the meeting on Thursday evening in Amsterdam, tearing up Palestinian flags, while their parade was very supervised. They would have chanted in Hebrew “Finish the Arabs!” We’re going to win! » or even “Let the IDF win to finish off the Arabs”. They would also have whistled the minute of silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly floods in Valencia, Spain.

Among the many reactions to the clashes that occurred in Amsterdam, Emmanuel Macron “strongly condemned” the violence which, according to him, recalls “the most shameful hours in history”.

“I send my support to the injured. France will continue to fight relentlessly against odious anti-Semitism,” the French president reacted on X.

A first plane carrying Israelis evacuated from Amsterdam, the scene of violence the day before on the sidelines of a football match, landed Friday afternoon at Ben Gurion, Tel Aviv’s international airport, Israeli airport authorities said .

“The plane which has just arrived in Tel Aviv is carrying passengers evacuated from Amsterdam,” a spokesperson for the airport authorities, Liza Dvir, told AFP.

The mayor of Amsterdam announced on Friday a strengthening of security measures in the city after a night of violence during which supporters of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv were targeted.

“I am ashamed” of what happened in the city, said Femke Halsema, announcing a temporary ban on demonstrations.

The Israeli army has banned all its personnel from traveling to the Netherlands following the violence which targeted Israeli supporters Thursday evening in Amsterdam on the sidelines of the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, she announced Friday.

“Following an assessment of the situation, the military is prohibiting all serving personnel from traveling to the Netherlands until further notice,” it said in a statement.

All Israelis who were without news after the violence on the sidelines of a football match Thursday evening in Amsterdam have been located, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced Friday.

“All Israelis who were not heard from in Amsterdam have been located,” the ministry said in a statement, after allegations on social networks of a possible hostage-taking.

The Amsterdam police, heavily mobilized for this high-risk meeting, indicated that they had made 62 arrests on the sidelines of the match won 5-0 by Ajax. Five people were reportedly hospitalized. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to react and denounce “a premeditated anti-Semitic attack”. He also sent two planes to repatriate Israeli supporters as quickly as possible.

The incident took place on the sidelines of Minister Jean-Noël Barrot’s official visit to Jerusalem. Israeli police entered “armed” and “without authorization” into Eléona, a pilgrimage site managed by France. A situation described as “unacceptable” by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who then refused to set foot there. Two French gendarmes were arrested before being released. France, which “condemns” these “unacceptable actions”, announced that it would summon the Israeli ambassador to Paris.

Three people were killed in an Israeli strike targeting their car Thursday at the entrance to Saida, a city in southern Lebanon, in which five peacekeepers were injured, according to UNIFIL. Three Lebanese soldiers were also hit.

Hello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the situation in the Middle East. For several weeks, Israeli bombings targeting sites attributed to Hezbollah or Hamas have continued, particularly in Lebanon, causing numerous victims. In retaliation, Israeli territory itself is regularly targeted.