The Martyrs of Land Day, March 30, 1976 - Raja Hussein Abu Rayya (30) from Sakhnin Muhsin Hasan Said Taha (15) from Kufr Kanna Khader Eid Mahmoud Khalaila (24) from Sakhnin Khayr Mohammad Salim Yasin (23) from Arraba Khadija Qasem Shawahneh (23) from Sakhnin Rafat Ali Az-Zheiri (21) from Nur Shams refugee camp ------------------------------------------------ March 30: Land Day, or ‘Youm al-Ard’ in Arabic, commemorates the day in 1976, when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a group of Palestinians peacefully protesting the confiscation and closure of 5,500 acres of land from villages in the Galilee. That day, Khair Mohammad Yasin, Raja Husein Abu Ria, Khader Abd Khalaileh, Khadijeh Shawahneh, Mohammad Yousef Taha, and Rafat Al Zuheiri lost their lives defending their rights; 96 were injured and more than 300 were arrested.
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