A group of Israeli teens were attacked by anti-Israel assailants on the Greek island of Rhodes last night, Hebrew media reports.
According to reports, an anti-Israel mob rallied outside a club frequented by Israelis, sparking a confrontation, where Israelis and pro-Palestinians were shouting and cursing at each other.
The group of teens, aged 17-18, decided to leave and not get involved in the tussle, but were then pursued by dozens of the anti-Israel assailants, one of the Israelis tells Channel 12 news.
According to Channel 12, a member of the group convinced the mob he wasn’t Israeli by speaking Dutch, while the others sprinted away. One of them was caught and beaten, suffering light injuries, while the other two managed to hide.
“We called the embassy and the police, who said that there was a car on the way, but nobody came. They only arrived after a long time, and they came with us to the apartment,” one of the teens tell Channel 12.
The incident came on the same day as anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters blocked tourists on an Israeli-owned cruise ship from disembarking at the Greek island of Syros.
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