The attacks on Israeli fans after a football match in Amsterdam last week were a "poisonous cocktail" of anti-Semitism and hooligan behaviour, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.

Mayor Femke Halsema was speaking at an emergency meeting of the Amsterdam city council days after the Dutch capital was rocked by violence between Israeli football fans and men on scooters in several areas of the city.

CAIRO — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that two rescue planes be sent immediately to Amsterdam following "a very violent incident" targeting Israeli citizens, his office said on Friday after attacks linked to a soccer game were reported.