Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department squad cars were seen driving onto the USC campus Saturday night, where protesters are gathered in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
Tensions rose on the USC campus Saturday after pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, where 93 people were arrested on Wednesday. They beat drums and put up banners reading 'Free Palestine,' 'We are all Gaza,' and 'Stop Funding Genocide.' Shortly after 8 p.m., the university announced that it had closed its main campus to the public.
The protests are aimed at supporting Palestinians in Gaza who have been suffering since Israel launched a retaliatory war on the territory in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that killed 1,200 people, with another 240 taken hostage. Gaza health authorities say Israeli forces have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, and the United Nations says roughly 2 million civilians there are now living in near-famine conditions.
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