Palestinians Mark Land Day

Local Editor

Palestinians commemorated on Sunday Land Day with rallies remembering six protesters who were shot dead by "Israeli" forces during a 1976 demonstration against land seizure.

In the northern Palestinian town of Arraba, thousands of people turned out for the main demonstration.
Another gathering also took place in Sawawil, a Bedouin village in the southern al-Naqab desert, with "Israeli"police saying hundreds participated.

The annual Land Day demonstrations are held to remember six Palestinian protesters who were shot dead by "Israeli" police and troops during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate more Arab land in Galilee.
In Occupied East al-Quds , dozens gathered outside the walls of the Old City by Damascus Gate, before occupation forces attacked them with batons and pepper spray.

"Israeli" forces arrested one man at that rally. Meanwhile, one woman was injured after police doused her face with pepper spray.

There were also several gatherings in the Gaza Strip, with scores of people attending a demonstration near the northern town of Jabaliya.
Among the crowd were youngsters wearing green baseball caps and makeshift tunics fashioned out of the Palestinian flag.
They chanted slogans and held up banners reading: "We will return to our land, no matter how long it takes."

A demonstration near the southern city of Khan Yunis drew similar numbers, among them dozens of children holding balloons bearing the Palestinian flag or scrawled with the word "Gaza."

Scattered demonstrations and sit-ins also took place in the West Bank, including in the southern city of al-Khalil where foreign peace activists also attended.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team