Clashes broke out at a protest held by dozens of Palestinians near the Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem on Saturday, against an offensive graffiti about the Prophet Muhammad that was drawn along a highway.

Tensions escalated when Israeli forces intervened to disperse the protest. At least three Palestinians were arrested and several injured, according to local reports.

The graffiti was purportedly made during the ‘Flag March’ held by right-wing Jewish nationalists through East Jerusalem neighbourhoods.

Thousands of Israeli participated in the ‘Flag March’ on Tuesday, where they marched to Damascus Gate to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem in the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War.

Clashes also erupted between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on Saturday night