Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam attacked by mob shouting ‘Free Palestine’ — Netanyahu sends planes to evacuate citizens

Israeli shot fans were ambushed and brutally assaulted successful Amsterdam overnight Thursday by a mob shouting “Free Palestine,” starring nan Jewish state’s authorities to nonstop planes to evacuate its citizens, officials said. 

Hundreds of fans of nan Maccabi Tel Aviv shot nine were targeted arsenic they walked retired of nan stadium pursuing a Europa League crippled against a Dutch team, AFC Ajax, nan Israeli Embassy to nan United States said.

The embassy besides shared footage of nan attacks, including 1 assailant that screamed “Free Palestine” arsenic a unfortunate cowered successful fear.

“The mob who targeted these guiltless Israelis has proudly shared their convulsive acts connected societal media,” nan embassy stated.

More disturbing video shows a unfortunate surrounded by respective people, including 1 that appears to beryllium holding a Palestinian flag, arsenic a preparator kicked him to nan ground. A abstracted battle shows a unfortunate lying connected nan crushed arsenic he is kicked repeatedly.

A car besides barreled into a victim, causing nan man to flip complete nan hood of nan vehicle, footage from nan embassy shows.

“Israeli shot fans should beryllium allowed to support their squad without fearfulness of beingness danger,” nan embassy stated. “The days of chasing Jews down European metropolis streets should stay successful nan acheronian annals of history.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed 2 rescue planes to beryllium flown to Amsterdam to assistance Israeli citizens, his agency said early Friday.

Netanyahu besides called connected nan Dutch authorities and authorities to return “vigorous and swift action against nan rioters, and guarantee nan information of our citizens.”

“The harsh pictures of nan battle connected our citizens successful Amsterdam will not beryllium overlooked,” nan premier minister’s agency tweeted.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar requested nan Dutch authorities thief Israelis scope nan airdrome safely successful a telephone telephone pinch his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp Friday.

Sa’ar said astatine slightest 10 citizens were injured, CNN reported.

“The targeted attacks against Jews and Israelis successful Amsterdam tonight, are horrific and barbaric. The images of nan unit toward Jewish group successful Europe are a achy reminder of our history,” Israel Defense Forces world spokesperson Nadav Shoshani tweeted.

“The IDF has an historical work of protecting our people, wherever they are. We are preparing to deploy a ngo to rescue Israelis from Amsterdam.”

Antisemitism has skyrocketed since Hamas terrorists carried retired a deadly onslaught connected Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, starring to a wider and ongoing conflict successful Gaza.

“Horrified by nan attacks coming successful Amsterdam, which are terribly reminiscent of a classical pogrom. I americium besides profoundly disturbed by really agelong nan reported attacks lasted and telephone connected nan authorities to behaviour a thorough investigation into information unit involution and connected really these bad attacks transpired,” Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, of nan US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, said successful a statement.

“In unspeakable humanities irony, this is happening 2 days earlier nan grim day of Reichspogromnacht successful 1938, erstwhile Nazi-sanctioned and led pogroms against Jews erupted crossed nan German Reich.”

With Post wires