Live scenes showed the Israeli occupation forces assaulting people carrying the Palestinian flag in Bab al-Amud, in conjunction with the march of Israeli flags.
And video clips captured by Al-Jazeera camera documented a soldier of the occupation forces assaulting a Palestinian young woman who raised the Palestinian flag, in the face of thousands of extremist Israeli settlers, in front of the Al-Amoud Gate, one of the doors of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
A video clip broadcast by Palestinian activists on social media showed that the occupation forces beat a young man who raised the Palestinian flag among the settlers while they were dancing in Bab al-Amud Square.
The occupation forces beat a young man who raised the Palestinian flag among the settlers while they were dancing in Bab Al-Amoud Square pic.twitter.com/6wdERabbBH
— AlQastal Al Qastal (@AlQastalps) June 15, 2021
And the Israeli flags marched to the Bab al-Amoud area, under the protection of the occupation forces, which evacuated the area from the Palestinians, and arrested dozens of them.
The settlers raised the Israeli flags, and chanted songs and chants in the streets of Jerusalem.
And the fanatical MK Itamar Ben Gvir participated in the march.
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Settlers arrive at Bab al-Amoud Square to perform the Judaizing flags dance.
#You Won't Pass #Live: The Judaization flag march arrives at Bab Al-Amoud Square in occupied Jerusalem
Posted by Jerusalem Square on Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Video clips showed the moment Israeli extremist Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir entered Bab al-Amud Square, amid a march of flags carried on their necks.
Itamar had just published a picture of him from the flags march in occupied Jerusalem, commenting on it, "We are now together with thousands in the flags procession, we do not give in to the threats of terrorist organizations, we walk with our heads held high in our eternal capital, and we wave the Israeli flag with national pride."
The occupied capital/Jerusalem/#Watch...The arrival of the extremist Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir to Bab Al-Amoud Square, participating in the flags march.
Posted by Ramallah News Gate on Tuesday, June 15, 2021
In a related context, Israeli media claimed that a number of Palestinian youths caused the fires in the French Hill area in Jerusalem, coinciding with the launch of the Israeli flags march.
הגבעה הצרפתית, חשד להצתה🔥👇 pic.twitter.com/IQ8HK82ipF
— Real News IL (@RealNewsIL) June 15, 2021
Occupation attacks
The occupation police set up iron barriers to prevent Palestinians from entering and leaving the area;
To enable settlers to reach the Bab al-Amud area.
And the occupation police said - in a statement - that they arrested 6 Palestinian youths, claiming they violated order.
Five Palestinians were wounded in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces on Salah El-Din Street and Al-Zahra Street, in occupied Jerusalem.
The confrontations erupted after the occupation soldiers expelled the young men from the Bab al-Amoud area in preparation for the settlers' march.
Activists broadcast a video clip showing an undercover force detaining a young man near the Al-Masara neighborhood in Jerusalem, and firing live bullets at the youths.
An undercover force arrests a young man near Al-Masara neighborhood in Jerusalem and shoots live bullets at the youths pic.twitter.com/oU1cn8MkUd
— AlQastal Al Qastal (@AlQastalps) June 15, 2021
Video clips also showed the moment the occupation forces fired dozens of tear gas canisters towards a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinians in Bethlehem to protest against the flags march.
A video clip published by Palestinian platforms also showed the Jerusalemite Aida Al-Sidawi, raising the Quran and chanting slogans in the face of the occupation forces during their suppression of Jerusalemites in the Bab Al-Amoud area.
Aida Al-Sedawi grows up #Watch Aida Al-Sedawi grows up in front of the occupation forces holding the Quran in her hand in Bab Al-Amud area in Jerusalem
Posted by Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Jerusalem Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Jerusalem on Tuesday, June 15, 2021