Crowds waving Israeli flags set off from Damascus Gate — the primary entry to the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City — dancing and chanting “the nation of Israel lives” and “dying to Arabs.”
Israeli police in riot gear blocked surrounding streets, forcibly eradicating Palestinian protesters from the route.
Seventy-nine Palestinians have been injured in Jerusalem by rubber bullets, sound grenades and pepper spray, he Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated, and one protester was shot with dwell fireplace.
Twenty-eight folks have been evacuated to the hospital following clashes with Israeli safety forces and Israeli marchers, in accordance with the company.
At least 163 Palestinians have been additionally injured within the West Bank. At least 11 of these accidents have been brought on by dwell bullets, in accordance with the Red Crescent.
More than 50 folks have been arrested and detained for involvement in incidents of riots and assaulting law enforcement officials, Israel’s police stated in an announcement Sunday.
Five law enforcement officials have been frivolously injured within the varied incidents and wanted medical therapy, the police additionally stated. Over 2,000 law enforcement officials and volunteers had been deployed all through Jerusalem.
The flag march is an annual parade the place largely nationalist Jewish teams rejoice Israel gaining management of the Western Wall in the course of the 1967 Six-Day War and capturing East Jerusalem, inserting the whole metropolis below Israeli management.
The march has additionally been a flashpoint with Palestinian residents of the Old City in earlier years.
Reporting contributed by CNN’s Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman and Lauren Izso in Jerusalem and by Celine Alkhaldi in Amman.