THE HAGUE: Israeli and Dutch leaders on Friday (Nov 8) condemned “anti-Semitic” clashes that broke out after a Europa League soccer match in Amsterdam overnight, and Israel sent rescue planes for its citizens.

Violence broke out after the match between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and local team Ajax, which they won 5-0.

A Dutch police spokesman told the ANP news agency that 57 people had been arrested, without providing further details.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof denounced the “completely unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks against Israelis.”

“I followed the coverage from Amsterdam with horror,” Schoof wrote in X, adding that he had spoken to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to assure him that “the perpetrators will be found and prosecuted.”

The pair spoke after Netanyahu ordered rescue planes to the Netherlands to transport Israeli fans back home.

Netanyahu’s office said he told Schoof that he “views the premeditated anti-Semitic attack against Israeli citizens with the utmost seriousness and requested greater security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands,” his office said.

Dutch outlet AT5 said the clashes occurred around midnight. Social media platforms were flooded with unverified images purportedly of violence, but confirmed details of the clashes were few.

AT5 stated that numerous fights had occurred in the city center as well as acts of vandalism.

“A large number of mobile unit vehicles are present and reinforcements have also been requested,” he added. “The young people would also have provoked the police.”

Footage from AT5 showed Dutch police escorting fans back to their hotels.