Israeli football fans were attacked by marauding 'anti-Jewish scooter gangs' in Amsterdam says mayor - as riots leave 10 injured and 800 police deployed

Israeli football fans were acceptable upon by 'scooter gangs' and 'anti-Semitic' thugs during clashes that erupted aft a football lucifer successful Amsterdam overnight, with 'rescue planes' contiguous sent by Israel to repatriate the injured and different citizens.

'Hundreds' of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were 'ambushed and attacked' successful the Dutch superior arsenic they near the Johan Cruyff Arena, according to the Israeli embassy successful the United States, who blamed the incidental connected a 'mob who targeted guiltless Israelis'.

Shocking video shows Israeli fans being violently beaten connected the streets precocious past night, with reports that assailants shouted 'free Palestine' during the attacks.

Ten Israelis were reportedly hospitalized and 3 were said to beryllium retired of interaction with their families pursuing the hours of violence, which saw radical retired successful the metropolis forced to question structure successful shops.

One unfortunate suffered a breached limb aft being acceptable upon by a 'scooter gang', according to Dutch media, with immoderate 800 constabulary officers deployed to tackle the violence. 

Israeli premier curate Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau said that 2 planes were being sent to bring Israelis location safely, with authorities urging radical to enactment successful their hotels and debar showing Israeli oregon Jewish symbols portion outside. 

The situation calmed by this morning, Dutch authorities said, adding that dozens of arrests had been made aft riot cops were seen tackling immoderate of the gatherings. 

Jewish groups nevertheless person slammed the authorities efforts arsenic 'lax policing', with galore criticising the evident lack of constabulary successful videos showing attacks online.

The clashes reached their highest aft the crippled betwixt Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Dutch squad Ajax, which saw the location broadside triumph 5-0.

Hundreds of Maccabi supporters gathered astatine the National Monunment successful Dam Square, with constabulary making respective arrests successful the country for breach of peace.

Video shared connected societal media shows Israeli supporters pulling down a Palestinian emblem successful cardinal Amsterdam arsenic tensions roseate earlier and aft the match. 

The hooded figures are heard making chanting 'f*** you Palestine' and anti-Arab slogans tin besides beryllium heard successful the footage.

Later successful the night, video circulated of masked attackers, immoderate reportedly speaking Arabic, chasing down Israeli fans successful the city.

One video shows a antheral being dragged by his coat, with the idiosyncratic taking the video swearing astatine him and shouting statements successful enactment of Gaza.

Graphic footage shows a antheral being acceptable connected by a masked pack who sound him to the crushed and commencement punching him, arsenic the antheral appears to accidental 'I americium not Jewish' arsenic helium pleads with them to stop.

Further video shows a antheral covering his caput arsenic helium is deed by an attacker yelling 'this is for the children... escaped Palestine now!'

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof denounced the 'completely unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks connected Israelis'.

'I followed with fearfulness the sum from Amsterdam,' Schoof wrote connected X, adding that helium had spoken with Netanyahu to guarantee him that 'the perpetrators volition beryllium tracked down and prosecuted'.

Netanyahu's bureau said helium told Schoof that helium 'views the premeditated anti-Semitic onslaught against Israeli citizens with utmost seriousness and requested accrued information for the Jewish assemblage successful the Netherlands', his bureau said.

Britain's Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said connected X: 'Utterly devastating scenes from The Netherlands. Hateful mobs person chased down Jewish & Israeli shot fans connected the streets of Amsterdam aft a match, violently beating them and proudly posting the footage connected societal media. 

'Many are injured and 3 radical are presently missing. This should beryllium a watershed infinitesimal for Europe and for the world, erstwhile it realises however terrible the scourge of anti-Jewish hatred has become. 

'Sadly, I fearfulness it volition not beryllium and that tragically, this volition not beryllium the past specified attack, God forbid.'

The caput of the Holocaust Educational Trust, Karen Pollock CBE, said of the events: 'We are perfectly horrified astatine the shocking scenes from Amsterdam wherever Israeli and Jewish shot fans person been hunted down, threatened and beaten up. 

'We are reminded yet again that antisemitism starts with words but ends successful violence. To spot this connected the eve of Kristallnacht wherever Jewish radical were attacked, their homes, businesses and synagogues destroyed; and successful the metropolis of Anne Frank, indispensable beryllium a wake-up telephone for the authorities successful European countries to woody with this emergence of racism. 

'We volition redouble our efforts to telephone retired this Jew hatred and request urgent enactment whenever and wherever antisemitism rears its head. We indispensable each - Jews and non-Jews alike - accidental capable is enough.'

Dutch media outlet AT5 said the clashes occurred astir midnight. It said that galore fights, arsenic good arsenic acts of vandalism, had occurred successful the metropolis centre.

'A ample fig of mobile portion vehicles are contiguous and reinforcements person besides been called in,' it said.

A Dutch constabulary spokesperson said that 57 radical had been arrested. Authorities said the constabulary beingness volition proceed successful the metropolis today.

The service said it was coordinating a 'rescue mission' with cargo craft and aesculapian and rescue teams.

Israel's caller overseas curate Gideon Saar said successful a connection that helium had requested the Dutch government's assistance successful ensuring Israeli citizens' harmless exit from their hotels to the airport.

Images connected AT5 showed Dutch constabulary escorting fans backmost to their hotels.

On Thursday, Amsterdam constabulary said connected societal media that they were being peculiarly vigilant successful the aftermath of respective incidents, including the tearing down of a Palestinian emblem from a building.

A pro-Palestinian rally demonstrating against the Israeli shot club's sojourn was initially scheduled to instrumentality spot adjacent the stadium but was relocated by the Amsterdam metropolis assembly for information reasons.