Nader Sarsour, the mayor of Kufr Qasim said that the families of martyrs, thousands from the city and delegations from other Arab cities and villages, participated in the rally. Sarsour added that Arab Members of Israeli Knesset, leaders of the Arab community and a number of Jews also attended.

The officials said that the participants blasted "fascism" and the Israeli government's "violent and racist discourse."

The massacre took place on October 29, 1956 when a sergeant from the Israeli border guard informed the mayor of Kufr Qasim Wadi' Ahmad Sarsour, that a curfew would be imposed on the village, and asked him to inform village residents.

Only 30 minutes before the new curfew time, the mayor tried to convince the Israeli officer that about 400 villagers whose work took them outside the village would not be able to able to receive the warning in time.