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Mothers For Ceasefire, an advocacy group who want a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, organized the protest in Durham

A pro-Palestinian group had held what it called an “emergency action for Rafah”, taking over a campus building without permits to condemn Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah.

Coalition Against Apartheid had held an “emergency action for Rafah” without seeking the proper campus permits.

The United Nations has revised its grim figure of the rising death toll from Israel's bombardment of Gaza, saying that it has surpassed 5,000 as of Monday. It stands at 5,087. Separately, over 90 Palestinians have been killed in escalating West Bank violence, which over the weekend included Israel launching a rare airstrike on Jenin. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are still holding at least 222 Israeli and foreign captives - a number which has again been revised upward.