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    • At least ten injured and more traumatized in the Amsterdam pogrom News of Israel
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    At least ten injured and more traumatized in the Amsterdam pogrom News of Israel

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    Following Violent attacks against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans following a soccer match between Maccabi and Ajax On Thursday evening, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that all Israelis had been contacted, according to Ynet.

    While police initially said they were investigating reports of kidnappings during the attacks, all missing Israelis have now been accounted for.

    Local authorities and Israel’s Foreign Ministry have reported that ten Israelis have been injured so far in the pogrom, and members of the consuls are currently searching hospitals.

    Authorities say the situation has calmed down over the past hour and Israelis have been ordered to shelter in place. A Dutch police spokeswoman said 62 people have been arrested so far.

    Before the pogrom, Sky News reported, citing social media footage, that a small group of Maccabi fans were seen removing a Palestinian flag.

    Footage circulating on social media shows fans being beaten, chased with knives and narrowly avoiding being hit by vehicles. Eyewitnesses told StandWithUs they had seen attempted stabbings, people thrown into a river, and extremists punching and spitting on Israelis. Dutch riot police were sent to respond to the attackers.

    According to Maariv, there has been at least one attempt to kidnap an Israeli and many have barricaded themselves in shops and buildings.

    The Israeli embassy in the Netherlands is working to relocate Israelis to a safe location.

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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed of the incident and has sent two rescue planes to help Israeli citizens. The IDF is coordinating the rescue mission and is sending cargo planes and two Hercules squadron planes with medical and rescue teams.

    Israel’s two chief rabbis have given the El Al company permission to fly on Shabbat to provide life-saving assistance.

    The Prime Minister’s Office said Netanyahu views the “horrible incident with the utmost seriousness” and called on the Dutch government and security forces to take “vigorous and swift measures against the rioters.”

    On Friday morning he spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof and asked for greater security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands.

    Prime Minister Schoof posted on X that he had been following the news from Amsterdam “with horror.”

    “Anti-Semitic attacks against Israelis completely unacceptable.”

    He added that in his call with Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister emphasized that the perpetrators will be located and prosecuted.

    The National Security Council has issued a new warning to Israelis and Jews in the Netherlands.

    “Avoid movements on the street and lock yourself in hotel rooms. “The externalization of Israeli and Jewish symbols must be avoided.”

    Israir, Arkia and El Al have added three rescue flights, by order of the Ministry of Transport.

    Incident details

    Several videos showed Israelis jumping into canals to avoid protesters. A video shows a man kicked to the ground while shouting at them: “I’m not Jewish.”

    “I called my friend and a voice answered in Arabic,” said one man.

    “We experienced what we were told in school would never happen again,” another told Maariv.

    These attacks come just hours after the country marked the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

    A Chabad Amsterdam member who was at the game said The Jerusalem Post“Now I’m in shock and I hope this ends soon. I didn’t expect it at all.”

    “We will try to help everyone, God willing,” he added.

    Israeli fanatics told journalist Raz Amir that they believed the attack was planned in advance.

    According to Amir, the police left the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans alone and did not provide them with any escort as they boarded the trains and headed to the hotels.

    “The Dutch police sold us so the Arabs would lynch us,” a fan told him after escaping the attack and arriving at the Amsterdam airport wounded and bloodied.

    “This looks like a PLANNED and ORGANIZED POGROM in Amsterdam,” said the former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett aware.

    “A fan told journalist Aviva Klompas that they ran him over and pulled a knife on him.

    “We were ambushed…The police here abandoned us. One in four people walking down the street is a Muslim who has come to attack Jews.”

    Members of the Jewish diaspora were also injured during the attacks, according to Jewish news. A 33-year-old London father of two was hospitalized after trying to break up a gang attack on an Israeli. The attackers reportedly demanded to see his passport to check for signs that he was “Yehudi” (Jew).

    After initially rejecting the demand, the 33-year-old victim said: “The next thing I knew he punched me in the face. It was so unexpected. My glasses broke and my nose broke. Blood everywhere. After he hit me, about 20 more came out of their hiding places to effectively finish me off. But I stood my ground. “I said what you’re doing is the reason you’re not getting any support.”

    A member of the gang told the main attacker to leave him alone because the man was British, to which the attacker allegedly replied: “Yes, but he helped a Jew.”

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