Police arrest fight suspects at Israel-France soccer game days after attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam

Police officers successful Paris arrested 2 fans astatine an Israel-France UEFA Nations League soccer crippled at Stade de France nationalist stadium Thursday. 

"There was the commencement of a fight. We were extremely reactive, truthful the incidental was precise rapidly contained," Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told France 2.

The combat broke retired astir 10 minutes aft the crippled kicked disconnected astatine 8:45 p.m. Some of those progressive had Israeli flags draped implicit their backs. It was not wide what prompted the altercation, and information intervened astir 1 infinitesimal aft it broke out. 

Both individuals were taken into custody. One was taken close away, and the different was arrested aft the lucifer with the assistance of video evidence, Nunez said.

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Fans show a Palestinian emblem and an Israeli emblem amid the ongoing struggle betwixt Israel and Hamas Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Fans astatine Stade de France booed during the Israeli nationalist anthem, and insignificant altercations erupted astatine a UEFA Nations League crippled betwixt the 2 countries Thursday. About 4,000 French information unit were assigned to patrol wrong and extracurricular the stadium and connected nationalist transit. 

Reuters reported astir 100 Israeli fans were spotted sitting successful a country of Stade de France, which had an attendance of 16,611, not adjacent adjacent to its 80,000-person capacity. 

Before the lucifer kicked off, the Israeli nationalist anthem played, and immoderate "boos and whistles" were heard arsenic it played. 

Israeli supporters waved yellowish balloons, chanting "Free the Hostages" successful notation to those inactive being held by Hamas. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau released a connection saying Israel had quality that pro-Palestinian groups overseas mean to harm Israelis successful cities successful France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium, among different countries. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ma'ayan Toaf, Israel Government Press Office)

This incidental is present the 2nd convulsive altercation involving Israeli shot fans astatine the nationalist team's games successful Europe successful caller weeks. 

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters were reportedly the people of unit successful Amsterdam successful the archetypal week of November. The Embassy of Israel to the U.S. besides posted a graphic video of the violence.

"Hundreds of fans of the @MaccabiTLVFC shot squad were ambushed and attacked successful Amsterdam contiguous arsenic they near the stadium pursuing a crippled against @AFCAjax," the embassy wrote. "The mob who targeted these guiltless Israelis has proudly shared their convulsive acts connected societal media."

Dozens of arrests were made Thursday night, astir earlier the match, the Netherlands’ RTL reported.

"There person been disturbances, including connected the Dam," a Dutch nationalist constabulary spokesperson told the outlet. "We cannot bespeak who belongs to whom. The groups are not casual to separate from each other. Almost each of them are wearing acheronian clothes."

Israeli fans clash with information unit during a lucifer betwixt Israel and France Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)

That incidental came 13 months aft the Hamas violent attacks against Israel Oct. 7, 2023. 

Israel's nationalist shot squad was precocious taxable to a imaginable suspension by FIFA aft complaints by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA). 

The PFA's archetypal connection claimed astatine slightest 92 non-professional Palestinian players person been killed successful the war, shot infrastructure has been destroyed, its leagues suspended and its nationalist squad required to play World Cup qualifiers abroad. The Palestinian federation wanted FIFA to follow due sanctions against Israeli teams, including the nationalist broadside and clubs. 

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FIFA ruled against suspending Israel from planetary play aft the PFA projected a suspension for Israel amid the warfare and humanitarian situation in Gaza earlier this year. However, FIFA inactive commenced an probe of the Israel Football Association (IFA) implicit allegations of discrimination.

In a connection antecedently provided to Fox News Digital by IFA caput of communications Shlomi Barzell, the IFA condemned the PFA for its caller connection to FIFA.

A protester is draped successful an Israeli emblem during a protestation against antisemitism astatine the Brandenburg Gate successful Berlin, Germany Dec. 10, 2023.   (Reuters/Lisi Niesner)

"Whoever fantasized astir the suspension of Israeli shot from the planetary arena oregon sanctions done lies and mendacious accusations, has suffered a defeat," the connection read. "Again, we person acted implicit clip successful antithetic channels, successful a calculated and proactive mode successful the look of the situation of the Palestinian Association and its person to distort reality, and the effect contiguous leaves nary country for doubt. 

"We respect the authors of the study submitted to the assembly members and the determination of the assembly members to see transferring 2 issues to a ineligible examination, arsenic agelong arsenic determination is immoderate factual justification for it. Thanks to values that correspond a glorious ideology and an autarkic and determined ineligible strategy of the Football Association, we person ne'er violated and volition not interruption immoderate of the FIFA/UEFA rules." 

The PFA has not responded to aggregate requests for remark from Fox News Digital. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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