Clashes erupted on Wednesday morning between Palestinian worshippers and Zionist troops at Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem with scores of worshippers, including Turks.

Clashes erupted on Wednesday morning between Palestinian worshippers and Zionist troops at Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem with scores of worshippers, including Turks, being trapped inside the holy site, a Palestinian guard of the compound said.

"The Israeli police prevented the Palestinian guards from monitoring the settlers who entered the compound, and the situation is very tense," the guard, who asked not to be named, told media outlets.

According to the guard, a number of worshippers are trapped at Al-Qibali Mosque inside the compound, including Turkish nationals who came in the early hours of Wednesday for prayers.

Three other Turkish nationals were also injured.

Eyewitnesses reported that Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem Mustafa Sarnic arrived in the scene to follow up the situation amid reports that scores of worshippers, including Turks, are being trapped inside the holy site.

Earlier in the day, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, a Palestinian NGO, said that the Zionist forces besieged the compound since Wednesday dawn and denied access to most Palestinian worshippers and religious students.

The developments come as the occupation entity is set to mark the so-called Jerusalem Day, which is celebrated every year on Iyar 28 on the Hebrew calendar, to commemorate the "reunification" of the holy city in June 1967 when its forces occupied it.