Palestinians and journalists were attacked by far-right Israelis and Jews during the Jerusalem Day march in the Old City

Israel’s annual Jerusalem Day march has been marked by violence, with some Jewish Israelis attacking Palestinians and journalists, including a crew from ABC News, while chanting offensive slogans.

Jerusalem Day commemorates the Israeli capture of East Jerusalem in 1967 and is celebrated by thousands of right-wing Israelis and Jews with a march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Due to increasing tensions resulting from the war between Israel and Gaza, additional police and security forces have been deployed in the region.

Even before the march began, clashes broke out in the Old City, with groups of young right-wing Jews attacking Palestinians and journalists.

The ABC News team was shoved and verbally abused, and one member was punched in the face and shoved before police intervened.

Some of the groups shouted slogans such as “Death to Arabs” and “Gaza is a cemetery.”

Israeli and Arab journalists were also kicked and attacked, and some had to receive medical treatment.

During the march, some Israelis also threw bottles and other projectiles at the media.

According to Israeli police, five Israeli suspects were arrested.

“We strongly condemn any attempt to harm journalists and media workers in the performance of their duties, as well as other persons,” a police spokesman said.

Other Israelis danced and sang in circles while waving Israeli flags and reciting nationalist songs about Israel.

The Old City of Jerusalem is a historic, walled city divided into four unequal-sized neighborhoods named after the four major religions and ethnicities in the area: Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Armenia.

A fifth sector, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount, includes the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.