Interior Minister says Israelis who lost passports in Amsterdam attack can board flights with photocopied documents

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel has instructed the Population and Immigration Authority to allow Israelis in Amsterdam who have lost their passports to board flights using other travel documents or photocopies of their passports, Hebrew media reports.

He also instructed the agency to continue working over Shabbat as Israel works to locate three Israelis who remain unaccounted for following the overnight attacks against Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans.

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