Thousands of police are being deployed in Paris to ensure security at Thursday’s France-Israel football international, a week after violence in Amsterdam in which Maccabi Tel Aviv fans came under attack.

The atmosphere at the stadium was clearly tense on Thursday, with reports of a brief altercation between a small number of fans in the stands early in the game.

Thousands of security personnel have been added in Paris ahead of an international soccer match between France and Israel that comes a week after violent clashes in Amsterdam targeting Israeli fans. Authorities in the city are deploying 4,