Palestinians were on Sunday marking the 68th anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe), the day when the Zionists displaced Palestinians of their homeland.

Palestinians were on Sunday marking the 68th anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe), the day when the Zionists displaced Palestinians from their homeland.

Several demonstrations took place across West Bank and Gaza Strip, with Palestinians demanding their right of return.

As a symbolic demonstration of this right, "Return Train" traveled through part of the occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem.

The train embarked from al-Duheisha refugee camp at 11 a.m., heading towards Bethlehem, where it drove past the separation wall. Organizers of the demonstration chanted the names of villages whose inhabitants were forcibly expelled or massacred in 1948.

Several hundred Palestinians, many of them children, marched alongside the train waving Palestinian flags.

Near the separation wall, Israeli occupation forces fired two rounds of tear gas at demonstrators.

Meanwhile in Gaza, Palestinians took to streets in several areas across the city. A crowded march took place in al-Jundi Square in Gaza city.

Earlier, on Saturday, Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas vowed to internationalize the Palestinian cause.

In a televised speech on the eve of Nakba Day, Abbas said: "We are seeking the internationalization of the Palestinian cause, and will continue in struggle until a Palestinian state is recognized with Jerusalem as its capital."