Supporters of Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv were targeted for beatings by groups of thugs in the early hours of Friday following a match with Amsterdam's Ajax, the city's mayor Femke Halsema has said.

Amsterdam has banned demonstrations for three days after Israeli soccer fans were beaten and injured in violent clashes in the city overnight, which Dutch authorities condemned Friday as antisemitic.

Dutch and Israeli officials described the clashes after a soccer match as antisemitic. The violence followed two days of tensions in the city.

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The violence erupted around a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams in Amsterdam on Thursday. Amsterdam banned demonstrations over the weekend under an emergency order and mobilized additional police officers after what city officials described as antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans during the week.

The ABC has spoken to Israelis who say they were attacked by people who asked if they were Jewish in Amsterdam after a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax.

Dutch pro-Palestinian groups planned a demonstration outside the stadium during the game, arguing that the match should have been cancelled because of alleged Israeli war crimes i

Attackers assaulted Israeli fans overnight after a soccer match in Amsterdam, leaving five people hospitalized, Dutch authorities said Friday. Dozens were arrested. It was not clear how the violence began.

Dutch officials say young people on scooters attacked Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam after calls to target Jewish people spread on social media.

At least five people have been hospitalized and 62 others detained after a night of violence targeting Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam on Thursday, authorities said. The Israeli National Security Headquarters told Israeli citizens staying in Amsterdam to "avoid movements in the street and shut oneself in hotel rooms.