Over 2,000 Israelis have been evacuated from Amsterdam following last week's violent attacks, with the Foreign Ministry confirmed that Israel had launched a massive rescue operation involving ten emergency flights, and that it had concluded.
The operation, coordinated between Israel's Foreign Ministry, Transportation Ministry, National Security Council, and Israeli airlines, set up emergency command centers both in Amsterdam and Jerusalem. Israeli Ambassador Modi Ephraim's team worked around the clock to ensure no Israeli was left behind.
"The evacuation mission is complete. We reached every Israeli who wanted to return from Amsterdam," said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who ordered an investigation into early communication problems when citizens struggled to reach emergency hotlines.
Meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Kasper Valdekamp today, Sa'ar addressed growing antisemitism in Europe. "The new antisemitism targets Israel's right to exist and self-defense. As we saw two days ago, they target any Israeli, any Jew, for their barbaric violence."
Valdekamp expressed shock at the events occurring "in the city of Spinoza and Anne Frank," promising full investigation of both the attacks and the authorities' response. "Rest assured the criminals will face justice," he stated.
The operation marks one of the largest emergency evacuations of Israeli citizens in recent years.
