Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of U.S. college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel itself. Protests on many campuses have been orchestrated by coalitions of student groups. The groups largely act independently, though students say they’re inspired by peers at other universities.

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian. Hezbollah said that its fighters ambushed the convoy shortly before midnight Thursday, destroying two vehicles. The Israeli military said the ambush wounded an Israeli civilian doing infrastructure work, and that he later died of his wounds. Low-intensity fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border has repeatedly threatened to boil over as Israel has targeted senior Hezbollah militants in recent months. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced on both sides of the border.

The University of Southern California's decision to cancel its main graduation ceremony has left students and alumni stunned as protests spread on campuses nationwide. Administrators announced Thursday the cancellation of the private university's main graduation event that typically draws 65,000 people to the campus. It comes 10 days after the university said the student valedictorian who expressed support for Palestinians would not be allowed to speak at graduation. Protests mirroring those at Columbia University and other campuses soon began. Ninety demonstrators were arrested Wednesday night.

Columbia University says that it is making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that the university extended a deadline to clear out. The university said early Wednesday that student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents." A smaller encampment remained on campus Wednesday morning. The university says that there was “constructive dialogue” and that it will continue conversations for 48 hours. The protest is one of many at schools across the U.S. against Israel's war with Hamas. Many have been arrested.

Germany said that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The previous day, a Palestinian health official said that a tent camp in Khan Younis, seen under construction in satellite imagery, was being set up to house displaced people who are currently sheltering in a hospital and is not related to any impending military operation. Its presence underscores the struggle to find shelter in Gaza, where some 80% of people have fled their homes.

Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. From Massachusetts to California, students have gathered by the hundreds and vowed to stay put until universities meet their demands. It’s inspired by a demonstration at Columbia University last week that resulted in dozens of arrests. The latest protests focus on colleges’ financial investments, reviving a decades-old campaign to cut ties with Israel and its supporters. The movement is seen by some as an effort to bring freedom to Palestinians and by others as a form of antisemitism.

A former MIT researcher has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the killing of a Yale University graduate student in Connecticut. Qinxuan Pan apologized for his actions Tuesday during a hearing in a New Haven courtroom packed with family and friends of the victim, Kevin Jiang. Pan pleaded guilty to murder in February. Jiang was shot multiple times after leaving his fiancée's apartment in New Haven in February 2021. The motive was never made clear. Police say Pan and Jiang's fiancee had met when they both attended MIT, but she said they were never romantically involved.