Israeli and global leaders on Friday denounced a violent attack in Amsterdam on Israeli football fans, who called the incident a modern-day "pogrom." The supporters - who were in the Netherlands to watch Maccabi Tel Aviv face Dutch club Ajax on Thursday night - said assailants carried knives and clubs and attacked anyone who looked Israeli.

Dutch officials said that attackers had assaulted Israelis, and the Israeli Embassy in the Netherlands said that some victims had been kicked or beaten. The attacks unfolded over several hours in multiple locations, with many taking place in the hours after the game ended.

Leaders of Israel and the Netherlands on Friday condemned what they called antisemitic attacks on fans of soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Afterward, youths on scooters and on foot crisscrossed the city in search of Israeli fans, punching and kicking them and then fleeing quickly to evade police, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said. On the social media platform Telegram, “there is talk of ...

Israel is evacuating citizens from Amsterdam following hit-and-run scooter attacks on Israeli fans in the city following a soccer game, which authorities have condemned as antisemitic. Five people

The mayor of Amsterdam has condemned what she called an "explosion of antisemitism" in the city, during which Israeli football fans came under violent attack from local rioters. Femke Halsema said youths on scooters had criss-crossed the Dutch capital on Thursday night on the hunt for Israeli supporters in a "hit-and-run".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two rescue planes be sent to the Netherlands on Friday after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he directed rescue planes to be sent in response to violence after the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC-Ajax match.

Dutch authorities are investigating an overnight wave of violence as Israel begins to evacuate its citizens.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed of the details of a "violent incident" targeting Israelis in Amsterdam, his office said.

The Chief Executive Officer for soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv said on Friday that he believes his team's fans were attacked "because of their Jewishness" as the team arrived back in Israel.