Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, marking the 74th anniversary of Nakba Day, or "Day of the Catastrophe," the day after Israel declared its independence in 1948.
Meanwhile, in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, the Palestinian factions organized demonstrations in front of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, while protestors raised Palestinian flags and banners emphasizing the right of return.
In 1948, 957,000 Palestinians, 66 percent of the total population of the historic Palestine, were expelled and displaced from their territories now occupied by Israel.
According to a report issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on the occasion of the anniversary, the number of refugees reached 6.4 million by the end of 2020.
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