Students from the University of Manchester held up Palestinian flags and peace messages as they graduated.
Dozens of students used their graduation to show solidarity with the victims of the bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces.
Dozens of students at the University of Manchester used their graduation today to show solidarity with Gaza and protest the University’s complicity in the ongoing genocide 🇵🇸🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/u0SI9BueVs
— Manchester Leftist Action (@mcrleftaction) July 10, 2024
It came during a day of deadly strikes in central Gaza. Israeli bombardment early on Wednesday hit four houses in the town of Deir al-Balah and the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, killing 20 Palestinians.
Among the dead were six children and three women, said authorities at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the casualties were taken.
The house hit in Deir al-Balah was located inside the “humanitarian safe zone” where Israel has told Palestinians to flee for refuge.
The overnight bombardment came hours after Israeli warplanes struck the entrance of a school sheltering displaced families outside the southern city of Khan Younis.
The toll from the strike rose to 31 people killed, including eight children, and more than 50 wounded, officials at the nearby Nasser Hospital said on Wednesday.
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