60 Arrested in Amsterdam After Anti-Semitic Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans, Officials Report

The Israeli government initially planned an IDF rescue mission to the Netherlands but has shifted to using civilian flights to bring Israelis home.

Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters are guarded by police after violence targeting Israeli soccer fans broke out in Amsterdam, Netherlands, overnight Nov. 8, 2024. Ami Shooman/Israel Hayom via Reuters

Around 60 people have been arrested in Amsterdam after fans of an Israeli soccer team faced overnight anti-Semitic attacks in the streets of the Netherlands’ capital.

Reports of scenes across Amsterdam on the evening of Nov. 7 showed Jewish Israeli football fans being targeted in a series of violent attacks after the match between Maccabi and Ajax Amsterdam.