Activists held a memorial for Palestinians killed in Gaza at Chicago campus

“So what we want people to see and have a visual of is when they walk by each flag, they know that is the human life lost in Gaza.”

White flags were planted across the University of Illinois Chicago campus in honour of the Palestinians killed in Gaza.

Names were read aloud outside University Hall, with the first 88 belonging to a single Gaza family.

The activists also wanted to draw attention to the school leaders' statement on the war, criticising it for not addressing 75 years of Palestinian oppression.