The Israeli government said it was sending two planes to the Netherlands on Friday to rescue citizens injured in Amsterdam after bursts of violence tied to a soccer game between a Dutch and an Israeli team, which Israeli and Dutch officials described as antisemitic attacks.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said at least 10 Israeli citizens had been hurt in the violence and two others were missing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the sending of the rescue planes and said that he had spoken with Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands.
The Dutch police said in a statement on Friday that the clashes, which began Thursday, took place in areas where people had gathered, some in support of the Israeli team and others to protest its arrival, creating a tense atmosphere.
The police statement did not directly say what had touched off the violence, but Mr. Schoof said in a statement early Friday that there had been antisemitic attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam, calling them “completely unacceptable.”
He added that the situation had calmed and that he had told Mr. Netanyahu in their phone conversation that the perpetrators would be found and prosecuted.
For hours, from Thursday evening to early Friday, hundreds of fans of the Israeli soccer club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, who were in Amsterdam to see their team play against Ajax, Amsterdam’s soccer team, were being ambushed, the Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands said.
“Mobs chanted anti-Israel slogans and proudly shared videos of their violent acts on social media — kicking, beating, even running over Israeli citizens,” the embassy said on social media.
As the attacks went on, Israel warned its citizens in Amsterdam to stay off the streets and remain in their hotel rooms. Maccabi Tel Aviv warned people not to show Israeli or Jewish symbols outside, and to fly back to Israel as soon as they could.
“Our main goal is the safe and quick return of the fans to Israel,” the team wrote on social media.
Videos circulated on social media showing violent clashes on Amsterdam’s streets. One video verified by Reuters captured a crowd of more than a dozen men appearing to attack someone near the city center early Friday. The crowd dispersed when emergency sirens could be heard.
Isaac Herzog, Israel’s president, wrote on social media that the images and videos circulating of the violence were of the sort that “we had hoped never to see again.”
The Dutch police said that 57 arrests were made in connection with the unrest, some of which took place at or near the Johan Cruyff Arena, where the soccer game was played.
Hundreds of Maccabi supporters had gathered in Amsterdam’s center early Thursday afternoon, where the atmosphere was initially tense but gradually became calmer, the police said in the statement. Ten people were arrested there before the game, the police said, mostly on charges of disrupting the public order.
At another square called Anton de Komplein, which is near the stadium, people protesting the arrival of Maccabi Tel Aviv clashed with the military police after trying to make their way to the stadium. Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, had earlier prohibited the protest from happening at the stadium and ordered it to take place at that square.
About 30 people were arrested in that confrontation on charges of disrupting the public order and setting off fireworks at the police, the police said.
Gideon Saar, Israel’s newly appointed foreign minister, said that his ministry was working with the Dutch authorities to respond to the violence, and that those needing help should contact the authorities.
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