Thousands of people gathered in London to mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba Day, which marks the establishment of the state of Israel in historical Palestine, forcing nearly 800,000 Palestinians to flee their homes.

The protesters marched to the Prime Minister’s office at 10 Downing Street, carrying Palestinian flags, chanting slogans, and voicing outrage over Israeli soldiers’ continued harsh mistreatment of Palestinians.

Every year on May 15, Nakba Day is observed by Palestinians and human rights advocates worldwide.

Nakba is an Arabic word for ‘catastrophe’, marking the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians by then-Zionist paramilitaries from their homes and land following the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and onward.