Thousands of participants gathered in Oranien Square in the Kreuzberg district before marching towards the Südstern subway station in the Neukölln district. The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and carried banners condemning the Israeli war on Gaza and the occupation of Palestinian territories.
The participants also carried symbolic keys embodying the "right of return," and chanted slogans such as "Israel kills children and Germany supports it," "Freedom for Palestine," and "Resistance is the solution."
Police halted the march near the Prinzenstrasse metro station before violently intervening to disperse the protesters, using pepper spray, which resulted in several demonstrators suffering from suffocation.
Police also arrested a number of participants, before later allowing the march to resume, which ended at the "Südstern" station.
In response, a pro-Israel group tried to provoke the protesters by raising Israeli flags along the march route.
Marches in Rome and Milan
In this context, the Italian cities of Rome and Milan witnessed massive marches on Saturday to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and to express support for the "Global Steadfastness Flotilla" heading to break the siege on the Gaza Strip.
The main march in the capital, Rome, started from the Piazza Cinquecinto in the city center, with the participation of thousands of demonstrators who protested against the Israeli attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and declared their solidarity with the humanitarian aid ships heading to the Strip.
The participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans including "Rome knows its position... Palestine is free from the river to the sea," "Killer Israel," "Stop the Israeli genocide," and "Freedom for Palestine."
In the northern city of Milan, marches were also organized to commemorate the Nakba and to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Stockholm march
On Saturday, the Swedish capital, Stockholm, witnessed a march commemorating the 78th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which dates back to the events of May 15, 1948, when the establishment of Israel was declared on most of the lands of historical Palestine, following massacres and displacement operations carried out by Zionist gangs.
Thousands of people gathered in Odenplan Square in response to a call from several civil society organizations, demanding an immediate end to the war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
The participants raised Palestinian flags and banners that read: "Stop the genocide being committed by the Zionist regime in Palestine."
Palestinians refer to the displacement of 957,000 of their 1.4 million people who lived in about 1,300 villages and towns in 1948, coinciding with the establishment of Israel on their land, as the "Nakba," according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
This year's Nakba anniversary comes as Israel continues its war of extermination in the Gaza Strip since 2023, through bloody bombing and restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025.
In parallel, the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, is witnessing a continuous escalation by the Israeli occupation army and settlers, including daily raids on cities and towns, arrests, road closures, attacks on citizens and their property, and an expansion of settlement activity.In a recent report by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of martyrs since Israel began its war of extermination in October 2023 until the end of April 2026 reached 73,761 Palestinians, including 72,601 in the Gaza Strip and 1,160 in the West Bank
