The association of Maccabi Haifa fans, "The North Stand", collected dozens of cases in the last day in which innocent fans were brutally injured by Netanya police officers.
Harrowing videos and images of injuries and blood, including women and children, are only part of the documentation.
Therefore, it was decided to contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the cases.
Watch: A serious confrontation between the police forces and the Maccabi Haifa fans
The problem and the main claim: in most of the photos, the police officers did not have a name tag to identify them and at the same time some of them covered their faces.
"I begged the police to stop, but it didn't help and I ended the night with medical treatment," said S., owner of a hi-tech company in the center of Haaretz, about 38 years old.
"What happened in Netanya is a crime, no less than that. Normative people who did nothing, received beatings that I have never seen in my life. I go out on patrol with the Israel Defense Forces, I've been through a thing or two and know how to distinguish when the need to use force is necessary.
There was only one danger to human life here, and that was towards male and female fans, small children, and it wasn't far off for someone to pay with their life."
S. also added: "I didn't bring my child because of the late hour. But there were small children there. They stepped on the children's heads to get up to the stand. They rolled stun grenades and tear gas at them. Children yes? 5, 7, 10 years old, pregnant women. This Just madness."
In the Maccabi Haifa fans association, they are not satisfied with the establishment of the inspection team that was established to check the conduct.
Officials there told "Israel Hayom" that "it is not possible for one policeman to check another policeman, the conclusions are clear in advance. Only a police investigation and decisions from above not to allow policemen into the stands will solve the problem in the long term."
They added: "The district commander spoke yesterday and praised policemen who almost killed football fans who came to watch a game. So who would dare to change his mouth now and state otherwise?".
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