Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters are facing off at McGill's downtown Montreal campus, with police officers in riot gear standing nearby to keep the two sides away from each other.A group of pro-Israel protesters have set up outside the Roddick Gates at the entrance of McGill University's downtown Montreal campus, steps away from the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been in place for six days. Montreal police officers are standing between both groups.
Since Israel launched its military offensive in the Palestinian enclave last October, more than 34,000 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. Israel's ongoing operation is in response to a Hamas-led attack in southern Israel which killed about 1,200 people and led to the capture of 250 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
The pro-Israel protesters showed up to McGill's campus waving Israeli flags and holding signs saying "Release the hostages" and "Bring them home now." Protesters inside the encampment chanted: 'Why are you in riot gear? There is no violence here' in response to the heightened police presence around the campus ahead of a planned pro-Israel counter-protest.
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