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It is not clear how the violence started. Dutch and Israeli leaders condemned the violence as anti-Semitic.
The video also showed Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans in the streets at one point.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema told reporters on Friday that the Dutch counter-terrorism service had said there had been no concrete threat to Israeli soccer fans before the game.
Peter Holla, the city’s acting police chief, told a news conference that the fans were “deliberately attacked”.
Condemnation of violence poured in from Jewish groups. The Israeli foreign minister went on an urgent diplomatic trip to the Netherlands.
Security concerns have marred matches with Israeli teams in several countries over the past year due to global tensions linked to wars in the Middle East.
Amsterdam police announced in a post on social media platform X that they have launched a major investigation into multiple violent incidents.
The release did not provide additional details about those injured or detained in the violence that occurred Thursday night after the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Authorities said extra police would patrol Amsterdam in the coming days and security would be increased at Jewish institutions in the city, which has a large Jewish community and was home to Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank and her family while they were hiding from Nazi occupiers.
Earlier, a statement released by the Dutch capital’s municipality, police and prosecutor’s office said the night “was very turbulent with several incidents of violence directed against Maccabi fans” after anti-Semitic rioters “actively sought out Israeli fans to attack and attack them”.
It was not immediately clear when and where the violence broke out after the game.
“At several places in the city, the fans were attacked. The police had to intervene several times, protect the Israeli fans and escort them to the hotels. Despite the large presence of the police in the city, the Israeli fans were injured,” said a statement from Amsterdam.
“This outburst of violence against Israeli fans is unacceptable and cannot be defended in any way. There is no excuse for the anti-Semitic behavior shown last night,” it added.
The violence erupted despite a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations near the soccer stadium imposed by Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema, who feared clashes between protesters and fans of an Israeli soccer club.
There were also incidents with fans before the match. Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that the Palestinian flag had been torn from a building in the center of the city and that riot police had blocked pro-Palestinian fans trying to march towards the Johan Cruyff Arena where the match was being played.
Israel initially ordered two planes to be sent to the Dutch capital to bring the Israelis home, but later the prime minister’s office said it would work to “ensure a civil aviation solution for the return of our citizens.”
In a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it is stated that “the grave images of the attack on our citizens in Amsterdam will not be ignored”, and that Netanyahu “views the terrible incident with the utmost seriousness”.
He demanded that the Dutch government take “vigorous and swift action” against those involved.
Netanyahu’s office added that he called for increased security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told X that he was following reports of violence “with horror”.
“Totally unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks on Israelis. I am in close contact with everyone involved,” he added, saying he had spoken with Netanyahu and “stressed that the perpetrators will be found and prosecuted. Now the capital is calm.”
Security concerns surrounding the staging of matches against visiting Israeli teams led to the Belgian FA refusing to stage a men’s Nations League match in September. That game against Israel was played in Hungary without fans in the stadium.
The violence in Amsterdam will no doubt lead to a review of security at upcoming matches involving Israeli teams.
European football organization UEFA announced earlier on Monday that Maccabi’s next Europa League game, scheduled in Istanbul on November 28 against Turkey’s Besiktas, would be moved to a yet-to-be-decided neutral venue “following a decision by the Turkish authorities”.
Meanwhile, Israel’s national team is scheduled to play France in Paris next Thursday in the Nations League.
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