A group of pro-Palestinian students at Harvard staged a die-in on campus Wednesday to protest the Israeli military response to terrorist attacks by Hamas.

The protest was organized by the Palestinian Solidarity Committee, which was the driving force behind a now-infamous statement that blamed the Israeli government for the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. The attacks and Israel's subsequent military response have claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people.

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The group organized the protest in response to an explosion at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds. Hamas blamed the blast on Israel, but subsequent reports indicate that the hospital was struck by a rocket fired at Israel by the terrorist group.

The advertisement for the protest by the student group took Hamas's claim that the hospital was bombed by Israel at face value. The group said it was calling the protest to "demand an end to ongoing genocide."

The protest comes as backlash against Harvard has continued, more than a week after 31 student groups signed onto a statement released by the Palestinian Solidarity Committee that blamed Israel for Hamas's attacks.

The backlash has led a number of student groups to disassociate themselves from the statement, but the university leadership has continued to draw criticism, even as Harvard President Claudine Gay has attempted to quell the firestorm.

Gay released a video statement last week saying the university "rejects terrorism," "rejects hate," and "rejects the harassment or intimidation of individuals based on their beliefs," while asserting the university's support for free expression.

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"Our university embraces a commitment to free expression," Gay said. "That commitment extends even to views that many of us find objectionable, even outrageous. We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views. But that is a far cry from endorsing them. It’s in the exercise of our freedom to speak that we reveal our characters, and we reveal the character of our institution."

At least one major donor, the Wexner Foundation, has closed its checkbook to the Ivy League school because of the institution's response to antisemitism.