GAZA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Amid raging COVID-19 outbreak, a massive march scheduled to be held in the Gaza Strip on March 30 to mark the Palestinian Land Day was called off, the organizing commission said on Saturday.

The Highest National Commission of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Israeli Siege said in an emailed press statement that "there will be no mass gathering along the borders between Israel and the Gaza Strip on March 30."

The statement explained that the decision was made "to avoid the infection of people and abide by the precautionary measures of the health ministry to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the participants."

Instead, the commission decided to hold a news briefing on March 30 to mark the Land Day in a place near the Gaza border with Israel.

Members of the commission and journalists will attend the press conference without the public's participation, the commission said in the statement.

"Instead of organizing mass marches to mark the Land Day, the commission will call on the Palestinians everywhere to raise and wave the flags of Palestine," it said. Enditem

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