Palestinians in Rafah express thanks to US university protesters
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are expressing their thanks to student protesters on US college campuses by writing messages on their tents.
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College campuses have always been a hotbed for protests, but students today also carry additional stresses from having lived through the isolation and fear from the pandemic.
The Israel-Hamas war has driven around 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million from their homes, caused vast destruction in several towns and cities, and pushed northern Gaza to the brink of famine.
The U.S. administration still maintains that moving forward with an operation in Rafah would put too many innocent Palestinian civilians at risk.
