Several people have been injured in a series of fierce clashes between Indian police forces and the Kashmiri demonstrators protesting against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

A large number of protesters took part in a rally in Srinagar, the largest city of the disputed Himalayan valley, following Friday prayers, and demanded an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

Similar rallies were also held across other cities and towns of the Muslim-majority region to show solidarity with Palestinian people and their cause.

The mass rally turned violent after police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters in Srinagar.

The angry demonstrators chanted pro-Palestinian slogans and burned the Israeli flags.

They also urged international community to take serious steps to halt the Israeli aggressive policies and its expansionist agenda.

The protesters also called for the prosecution of the perpetrators of war crimes committed during the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip last summer.

Gaza has been under the devastating blockade since 2007. The Tel Aviv regime has ever since launched three wars on the impoverished Palestinian enclave.

Israel waged its latest war on the Gaza Strip in early July 2014. The offensive ended on August 26, 2014, with a truce that took effect after indirect negotiations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, were killed in Israel’s 50-day onslaught. Over 11,100 others -- including 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly people -- were also injured.