‘They shouted Jewish, IDF’: Israeli football fan describes how he was attacked in Amsterdam

“They kicked me to the ground for about a minute, and then they walked away, they weren’t afraid of anything.

“I realized I had blood all over my nose and my nose was broken, which is very painful.”

Mr Reuben said he could not see properly for about 30 minutes after the attack. But he said he decided not to go to the hospital in Amsterdam because he had heard that taxi drivers were involved in the violence.

Instead, he said he was flying to Israel on Friday afternoon on a flight organized by the Israeli government and would receive medical treatment there.

“This was a specific attack that was pre-organised,” he added.

Pnina, another Maccabi Tel Aviv supporter, also told Dutch media organization NOS that the violence against Israelis appeared to be pre-planned.

“It looks like it was organized. There were a lot of people. They jumped on us… We hid in the hotels until it was safe to go out,” she said.

Esther Voet, editor-in-chief of a Dutch Jewish weekly who lives in the city center, said she offered her home to host several Israeli fans after seeing images of the violence.

“I told them this is a Jewish house and you are safe here,” she told Israeli public broadcaster Kann. “People were really scared. I never thought I would experience this in Amsterdam.”

Dutch police said Israeli fans were “severely assaulted” in hit-and-run attacks, many of which were carried out by young men on scooters.