One person was killed in protests in the West Bank on Wednesday as Palestinian demonstrators commemorated the flight and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the first Middle East war in 1948.
The Palestinians celebrate the so-called Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe) every year on May 15, one day after the anniversary of the founding of the Israeli state on May 14, 1948.
In the West Bank, the central event took place in Ramallah. Sirens sounded there for 76 seconds at midday - one second for every year since the Nakba.
North of Ramallah, there were clashes between demonstrating youths and Israeli soldiers near a Jewish settlement. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, one young man was killed and another detained.
This means that 170 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the beginning of the year and 476 since October 7.
The Israeli army initially provided no information about the incident.
Supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Fatah movement in particular took to the streets on Wednesday.
According to eyewitnesses, there were significantly fewer participants at the main event in Ramallah than in previous years.
According to the United Nations, the number of Palestinian refugees and their descendants has now risen to around 6 million. Together with the dispute over the future status of Jerusalem, the refugee problem is one of the most complicated issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
According to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, there are more than 14 million Palestinians worldwide. Around half of them live in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel. Around 20% of Israel's almost 10 million inhabitants are Arabs.