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  • Now, let's turn to the Middle East, because the Israeli military says it's preparing to immediately deploy a rescue mission to the Netherlands after violence broke out following a Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam.

  • Israel said that Israeli supporters were attacked in a very violent incident as they left the ground.

  • Ten people are reported injured.

  • Well, following Israel's demand to take swift and vigorous action, the Dutch prime minister called the violence targeting Israeli citizens surrounding a soccer match in Amsterdam as unacceptable, adding that all perpetrators must be prosecuted.

  • So let's cross over to Jerusalem to speak to our correspondent there, Joe Inwood.

  • So, Joe, just talk us through what's happening here.

  • So this was a match, as you say, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax last night in the Europa League, and it seems that there were scenes of real violence that took place after the match.

  • These, as ever, with these things on social media, you need to be a little careful, but it's quite clear that there were people who were beaten.

  • I have seen videos of one man who was beaten unconscious, somebody hiding in a doorway.

  • There's even another video.

  • And, again, I should say, all of these we need to be a little careful on, but of somebody who was in a canal being told to say free Palestine.

  • And these scenes have been condemned not just by the Israeli government, but also by the Dutch government, described as horrific anti-Semitic events.

  • The president here, Israel Herzog, also, Isaac Herzog, I should say, sorry, said that they were a pogrom, a reference to the anti-Semitic massacres that took place in Europe in the 19th, 20th century.

  • So incredibly, incredibly strong words.

  • We should also say that there have been videos, again, I've seen things, multiple videos of the same events, so we're pretty sure that these are accurate, of people chanting anti-Palestinian slogans and pulling down Palestinian flags.

  • So we are having various claims made, but what we can say is that these events were clearly about more than just football rivalry.

  • And, Joe, I'm not sure if you've seen this, but I can say that the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has also condemned what has happened, and he's described them as anti-Semitic attacks on those Israeli football fans in Amsterdam.

  • What kind of reaction across Israel to this?

  • Yeah, if you read the papers here as well, they've reacted with real horror.

  • A few of them have used that word I mentioned before, pogrom, a very, very strong phrase for what's happened, these scenes of clear violence.

  • And that concern, I guess, is one of the reasons that the government has said it's going to move so quickly to get military planes.

  • We've had a report from the as well.

  • There was a local correspondent who said he can't see any indication of those planes having taken off.

  • And I think it's been reported as well that Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands has said they haven't had any requests for planes to land yet.

  • So we don't know the status of the flights, but clearly the Israeli government and the Dutch government as well are taking these events very seriously.

  • And I know you'll bring us up to date as and when we get more, Joe Inwood, in Jerusalem.

  • Many thanks for that.

Now, let's turn to the Middle East, because the Israeli military says it's preparing to immediately deploy a rescue mission to the Netherlands after violence broke out following a Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam.

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