In Gaza, thousands gathered for a rival flag day on the Israeli border, with many holding Palestinian flags. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched to Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday in an annual flag-waving march commemorating Israel’s capture of it,Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem closed their shops and were banned from the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City, a social hub, to make way for the marchers, some of whom attacked journalists with rocks and bottles.
A Palestinian security source in Gaza said the territory’s Islamist rulers, Hamas, fired a “warning rocket” into the sea, without elaborating. Two of his extreme-right cabinet members, Mr Itamar Ben-Gvir and Mr Bezalel Smotrich, attended Thursday’s march, one of the events marking what Israelis refer to as Jerusalem Day.More On This TopicFollowing the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel annexed east Jerusalem and its Old City in a move not recognised by the international community.
Some 2,500 police officers secured the march, which began in the western part of the city before passing into east Jerusalem and through the Old City to the Western Wall, where it wrapped up.Resident Abu al-Abed, 72, said he wanted “to go home”. But the violence was greatly reduced from 2022, when at least 79 people were wounded as police clashed with Palestinian counter-protesters outside Damascus Gate.
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