Israel sends rescue planes to Amsterdam after attacks on football fans – Middle East crisis live

Security minister says fans ‘encountered antisemitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty just because of their Jewishness’

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned on Friday what he described as a premeditated attack on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam during a call with his Dutch counterpart Dick Schoof, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“Prime minister Netanyahu stated that he views the premeditated antisemitic attack against Israeli citizens with utmost seriousness and requested increased security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands,” his office said.