Palestinians mark 'Land Day' (13 images)

Israeli troops take position on the Israeli side of the border as Palestinian protesters take part in a rally marking Land Day near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Rafah, on March 30, 2013. Israeli army fired bullets in the air, to break up groups of Palestinians , as annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

A Palestinian woman waves her national flag opposite Israeli troops taking position on the Israeli side of the border as Palestinians mark Land Day near the southern Gaza border with Israel, east of Rafah, on March 30, 2013. The Israeli army fired bullets in the air, to break up groups of Palestinians as annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Israeli troops take position on the Israeli side of the border as Palestinian protesters take part in a rally marking Land Day near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Rafah, on March 30, 2013. The Israeli army fired bullets in the air, to break up groups of Palestinians as annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Israeli troops take position on the Israeli side of the border as Palestinian protesters take part in a rally marking Land Day near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Rafah, on March 30, 2013. The Israeli army fired bullets in the air, to break up groups of Palestinians as annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region. UPI/Ismael Mohamad