According to the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi), Maccabi Tel Aviv fans who were injured in the attacks in the Netherlands (or were only present at the scene) will receive assistance upon arrival in Israel and will then be able to apply to be recognized as victims of the attack.
As Calcalist reports, citing lawyer Anat Ginzburg, the attacks in Amsterdam, in fact, can be qualified as acts of hostility, so that those against whom they were directed are equated with the victims of similar actions in Israel.
According to the Victims of Hostility Compensation Act of 1970, injury resulting from an act of hostility is defined as “injury from an act of violence the main purpose of which was to injure a person because of his national or ethnic origin, provided that it is related to the Israeli – the Arab conflict.”
Initially, the main purpose of compensation programs was to protect Israeli citizens and permanent residents. But since Israelis were often the targets of terrorist attacks outside the country, those who survived the attack while abroad were also entitled to compensation.