MONTREAL — Thousands of students gathered in downtown Montreal on Tuesday for a pro-Palestinian demonstration marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel.

The students set off smoke bombs and burned an Israeli flag on the campus of McGill University during a protest that was heavily monitored by police, including officers in riot gear and on horseback.

They demanded their colleges and universities divest from companies tied to Israel’s military, and accused the schools of being complicit in what they called a genocide.

“Today marks two years of ongoing genocide in Gaza,” said Iman Nour, a representative of Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance, which helped organize Tuesday’s demonstration. “The students are united in our demands for divestment.”

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