Thousands of Palestinians took part in a demonstration commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day in Sakhnin, north of Palestine, as reported by the Palestinian news agency WAFA.

The participants waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans that affirmed their right to their land and condemned the policies of Israeli Occupation National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The Palestinian Land Day refers to the events of March 1976 in which six Palestinian citizens were shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) while demonstrating against the confiscation of their land in the Galilee region.

On March 30, 1976, thousands of Palestinians in the northern Galilee region demonstrated against the confiscation by the Israeli Occupation of large tracts of Arab land, prompting Israeli Occupation troops to use lethal force, killing six Palestinians.

At that time, demonstrations first kicked off in the town of Deir Hanna, and were met by heavy brutality by the Israeli Occupation police forces.

They were followed by further protests in the town of Arraba, in the Galilee region, during which one Palestinian was killed and dozens more injured by Israeli forces.

This triggered widespread demonstrations and violent clashes with the IOF in a number of other Arab towns and villages, in which the forces shot and killed six Palestinians.

For the last 47 years, Palestinians have been commemorating the deadly events by holding marches in the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Arab villages in the Israeli Occupation.