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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces arrested five people in East Jerusalem on Saturday as clashes broke out during a march near the old city, witnesses said.

Dozens of people took part in a demonstration near Damascus gate to protest Israeli violations at al-Aqsa mosque, locals told Ma'an. Israeli forces moved to suppress the march and fired tear gas canisters, water canons and rubber-coated steel bullets at protestors.

Israeli forces also clashed with young men along the Nablus road, adjacent to the old city.

Five people were arrested, including Abdullah, Abbasi, 21, and Suleiman al-Zaghal, 20, witnesses said.

An Israeli police spokesperson could not be reached for comment.

On Friday, dozens of Palestinians in Jerusalem protested after Israel granted access to Israeli right-wingers at the al-Aqsa compound. Protesters raised Palestinian flags and chanted for the protection of al-Aqsa in a rally in the Old City.

Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protestors.

On Thursday, Israeli forces closed the al-Aqsa mosque, banning non-Muslim visitors from the compound in Jerusalem's Old City.

UNESCO will send a fact-finding commission on May 20 to investigate ongoing Israeli measures in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority minister of foreign affairs said this week.
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