Students and children in Gaza thank pro-Palestinian protesters at US college campuses [Video]

Originally Published: 28 APR 24 13:18 ET

Updated: 28 APR 24 15:05 ET

Rafah (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinian students and children staged a display of solidarity at a demonstration in southern Gaza on Sunday to express gratitude for the support seen on US college campuses in recent weeks.

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Video from the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah shows children holding banners with messages that read: “Students of Columbia University, continue to stand by us” and, “Violating our right to education and life is a war crime.”

The students gathered around makeshift tents near a school that now serves as a shelter for Palestinians displaced from northern Gaza. Footage shows people spray-painting messages of gratitude on the fabric of the tents. “Thank you, students in solidarity with Gaza. Your message has reached (us),” says one of the messages.

Takfeer Abu-Yousuf, a displaced student from Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza, told CNN from …