Netanyahu asks Dutch leader for more security after attacks, IDF plans rescue mission in Amsterdam

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked his counterpart in the Netherlands on Friday to provide more security to Israelis after fans of the Israeli prime minister Maccabi Tel Aviv FC The football team was attacked by anti-Israel protesters on Thursday.

In addition, the Israeli military said it would “immediately deploy a rescue mission” to Amsterdam led by the IDF’s Home Front Command, according to the Times of Israel.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said 20 of his nationals were injured, while seven others remain inaccessible since the attacks.

ISRAELI FOOTBALL FANS TARGETED IN WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN AMSTERDAM

Anti-Israeli agitators demonstrate at Anton de Komplein in Amsterdam ahead of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on November 7, 2024. (JEROEN JUMELET/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

After the attacks I spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof. Netanyahu said he takes the “premeditated attacks” seriously. He urged Schoof to strengthen security for Israelis in the country. In the meantime, Israel is doing its part to take care of its own country in the Netherlands.

According to the Times of Israel, planes have been sent to the Netherlands to bring back Israelis, including those who were injured. They also added more phone lines at the embassy and in the State Department situation room.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Thursday’s attacks the most alarming thing to happen to Jews since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel.

“We woke up this morning to shocking images and videos that we had hoped never to see again since October 7: an anti-Semitic pogrom currently taking place against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Israeli citizens in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands,” Herzog wrote. X.

“This is a serious incident, a warning sign for any country that wants to uphold the values ​​of freedom.”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans stage a pro-Israel demonstration on Dam Square, lighting torches and chanting slogans ahead of the UEFA Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 7, 2024. (Mouneb Taim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Dutch Prime Minister called it ‘anti-Semitic’ on Friday attacks on Israeli football fans “unacceptable” and said the “perpetrators will be tracked down and prosecuted.”

Videos on social media showed several fights taking place in the streets outside the stadium where Maccabi Tel Aviv FC played Ajax. Days earlier, Spanish media reported that anti-Israel agitators would protest outside the stadium to attack the Israeli football club and its fans.

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Supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv hold flags on Dam Square prior to the Europa League football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (JEROEN JUMELET/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

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The IDF has barred soldiers from flying to Amsterdam, but “exceptional requests will be examined individually,” the army said.