AMSTERDAM: Israel was sending commercial planes to the Netherlands on Friday to bring home Israeli football fans after overnight attacks in Amsterdam ...

The Israeli government has sent two rescue planes to the Netherlands after "completely unacceptable" attacks.

AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from on Friday (Nov 8) after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called "antisemitic hit-and-run squads", and Israel said it would fly many fans home. Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi fans had been "attacked, abused

The mayor of Amsterdam has announced tighter security measures in the city after a night of violence that officials described as anti-semitic, although there was evidence of provocative chanting from Israeli fans.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at about 4:30 a.m. local time that he was dispatching two rescue planes to Amsterdam following a “very violent incident against Israeli citizens.”