The Israeli regime’s troops and ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers assaulted Palestinian citizens on Sunday morning during the provocative flag march in the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds.

Iran PressMiddle East: According to the Red Crescent, three Palestinians were injured after settlers assaulted them in the Old City.

Two Palestinian girls were also brutalized by police officers in the Old City.

Other citizens were reportedly assaulted by police officers in different areas of the Old City, especially in Bab al-Amud, and a number of them were also arrested, the Palestinian Information Center reported.

Since the morning, the Israeli police have embarked on intensifying their presence and security measures in and around the Old City and evacuating some areas and routes, including Bab al-Amud, ahead of the settler march of flags.

Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli regime’s forces occupied the rooftop of the al-Qibli prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the compound on Sunday morning and besieged the worshippers inside it to enable the passage of settlers to go unhindered.

The Israelis have prevented Palestinian journalists and photographers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and threatened them with arrest.

Israeli forces fired rubber bullets at Palestinian protesters in the compound in an effort to disperse them.

At least 18 Palestinians have been arrested from within occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds’ Old City, the Israeli regime’s police said.

A video showed the Israeli occupation forces brutally assaulting and arresting Palestinian girl Alaa Al-Khalafawi in Bab Al-Amoud in occupied Jerusalem.

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