WASHINGTON, D.C. — Masked pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment outside a Jewish lawmaker’s Ohio home on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Several dozen protesters set up camp Sunday outside the home of Rep. Greg Landsman, a Democrat who represents Ohio’s 1^st district covering Cincinnati and neighboring Warren County. Some remained on site Monday.

“We are putting this art installation out in front of Representative Greg Landsman’s home to bring awareness to the policies that he has supported, that he has helped fund, specifically his support concealing the Gaza death toll,” said Micheal Madanat, a protester who said he was not affiliated with any of the five groups that organized the event, which included the Cincinnati Palestine Solidarity Coalition, Students for Justice in Palestine University of Cincinnati and a group called “Midwest Direct Action 4 Pali!.”

Posts shared on social media showed participants marching down the street carrying white bundles that appear to represent shrouded bodies. The encampment also included banners displaying the number of people killed in the conflict and cutout signs of a school and home to represent the kinds of buildings damaged.

Landsman said he and his family were forced to secure a police escort to enter and exit their home safely, writing in a statement,

“On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the October 7^th terror attacks, when Jews were brutally murdered and kidnapped, these people came to the home of a Jewish family at night, dressed in all black and fully masked.”

Madanat, who wore a face mask during his interview with Spectrum News, said the protesters did not intend to intimidate the family.

“The reason is two weeks ago, I had COVID. There are other individuals who had COVID last week that are also trying to make sure that they don't spread COVID,” he said.

There have been no protests outside the homes of other members of Congress from Ohio who support Israel.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a Republican who represents a bordering district, said it appeared Landsman was singled out because of his faith.

“To go to someone's home, I always feel is a little bit a step too far, because it's very unnerving. In this day and age, you don't know what they're going to do. As someone who has been shot at on a baseball field, I'm extremely sensitive to that and the protection of my family,” Wenstrup said. “We may disagree a lot on policy, but I think Greg's a good guy, and he doesn't deserve it. I think it happened because he's Jewish and not because he’s just a member of Congress.”

Madanat, a resident of Cincinnati, denied that claim.

“Greg Landsman is within our district. He is our representative. He is an individual that has been very outspoken,” Madanat said, adding that protesting at Landsman’s home was a last resort. “And so when they say, ‘Why don't you send a letter or why don't you call?’ Our response is we are doing that… and we have not received responses.”

Landsman is not the only Jewish Ohio lawmaker to be targeted for his views on Israel since the conflict began. Last December Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, was accosted by a legislative staffer who screamed “free Palestine” at him.

One of the groups that organized the event, the Cincinnati Palestine Solidarity Coalition, posted that it would hold a “community grieving circle” Monday evening to be located in a “residential neighborhood,” though participants were asked to reach out for an exact address. Another organizer, Students for Justice in Palestine University of Cincinnati, posted a schedule for a “week of rage for Gaza” with additional protest events scheduled Monday through Thursday.