Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam, Israeli authorities say [View all]
Source: CNN
Israeli soccer fans were attacked in a serious incident of violence in Amsterdam overnight into Friday, Israeli authorities said, with the government saying it was sending planes to evacuate affected citizens.
Hundreds of fans of Israels Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team were ambushed and attacked in Amsterdam on Thursday night as they left the stadium following a Europa League game against Dutch side Ajax, the Israeli embassy to the United States said on social media platform X.
Social media video shared by the embassy showed what it said was violence against Maccabi fans.
CNN has not yet been able to verify those videos.
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Assailants shouting free Palestine brutally attack Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam
The US envoy to counter antisemitism issues a statement denouncing the attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam, in the first comment on the violence from the Biden administration.
Horrified by the attacks tonight in Amsterdam, which are terribly reminiscent of a classic pogrom, says Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. I am also deeply disturbed by how long the reported attacks lasted and call on the government to conduct a thorough investigation into security force intervention and on how these despicable attacks transpired.
In terrible historical irony, this is happening two days before the grim anniversary of Reichspogromnacht in 1938, when Nazi-sanctioned and led pogroms against Jews erupted across the German Reich, she adds, referring to Kristallnacht.