Dutch officials said that people had attacked Israeli fans as tensions flared around a soccer match.

AMSTERDAM: Israel was sending commercial planes to the Netherlands on Friday to bring home Israeli football fans after overnight attacks in Amsterdam ...

Tensions had been mounting in the Dutch capital over Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, even before the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Young people on scooters attacked Israeli fans in hit-and-run assaults overnight after a soccer game in Amsterdam apparently fueled by calls to target Jewish people spread on social media, Dutch authorities said Friday. Five people were treated in hospitals and dozens were arrested.Tensions had been mounting in the Dutch capital over Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, even before the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday night. Amsterdam authorities banned a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration near the stadium, and video showed a large crowd of Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans en route to the game.Afterwards, youths on scooters crisscrossed the city in search of Israeli fans, punching and kicking them and then fleeing quickly to evade police, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said.In Telegram groups, she added, “there is talk of people going on a Jew hunt. That is so shocking and so despicable that I still cannot fathom it.”Police had to escort some fans…

AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from on Friday (Nov 8) after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called "antisemitic hit-and-run squads", and Israel said it would fly many fans home. Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi fans had been "attacked, abused

AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from on Friday (Nov 8) after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called "antisemitic hit-and-run squads", and Israel said it would fly many fans home. Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi fans had been "attacked, abused

Israeli football fans were targeted by pro-Palestine "hit-and-run" attacks, which left five injured and 62 arrested, Amsterdam's mayor has said.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) posted: “Two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Jews are once again experiencing antisemitism and vicious attacks in Europe.”

Israel has sent planes to Amsterdam to "rescue" football fans after the Dutch PM condemned "anti-Semitic attacks" following a match.

The mayor of Amsterdam has announced tighter security measures in the city after a night of violence that officials described as anti-semitic, although there was evidence of provocative chanting from Israeli fans.

Tensions had been mounting over Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, even before the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Femke Halsema condemns a night of violence following a Europa League football match.

Leaders of Israel and the Netherlands on Friday condemned what they called antisemitic attacks on fans of soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

A mob of Muslim attackers reportedly targeted Israelis across Amsterdam in what appears to be a coordinated attack resulting in multiple injuries.