At the “Walk for Israel” event in Toronto that began Sunday morning and is expected to draw about 60,000 participants, police began making arrests early on, with reports that several people were arrested before the event began.

Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak, who is Jewish, said that police have assured him that they will not allow a repeat of last year’s “Gauntlet of Hate,” wherein Jews were forced to march between mobs lining both sides of the streets who heckled and harassed them.

“The mobs will not be allowed on both sides of the street at Bathurst and Sheppard to harass and incite the Jewish community,” Pasternak said.

Chief Myron Demkiw also issued a public warning that anyone crossing the line into criminal behavior will be arrested swiftly.

It seems like police mean business, with the arrest of a woman for obstructing a police officer at 8:40 a.m. before the Walk began.

A man was arrested at 10:22 a.m. for assaulting a police officer, and a woman was arrested at 1 p.m. for breach of the peace.

Another man was arrested for operating a remote aircraft system.

Cops forced back protesters with flags who were moving toward the protest area. Although police created buffer zones that were several hundred yards wide between the marchers and protesters, some protesters have attempted to breach the perimeter.

In video footage, rallygoers can be heard chanting “Lock her up” and “IRGC terrorists; kick them out” as police arrest a woman in an Islamic Republic burka.