Some 1,500 people participated in the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade on Thursday, the 13th year in succession that it had been held in the capital.

No untoward incidents were reported during the parade, which set off from Liberty Bell Park and ended with a mass event at Independence Park in the center of the city.

Jerusalem police had put a large force on standby – in its early years the parade was the subject of large protests by some of the city's ultra-Orthodox residents – but they were not needed.

The parade is normally held in August, but was delayed this year due to the Gaza war.