Israel has urged fans to avoid Thursday's France-Israel football tie, which authorities fear could become a flashpoint following violence in Amsterdam following a match involving an Israeli team.

France will deploy about 4,000 police officers to secure the France-Israel football match on Thursday, three times more than would normally be on duty for such an occasion. Only about a quarter of tickets have been sold for the game so far,

The attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam this week followed tensions that began brewing days before between the fans and pro-Palestinian activists and other people in the city, a chronology of events showed.