US EditionIsraeli Forces Raid Birzeit University in the Occupied West Bank
Israeli forces used live ammunition and tear gas during a raid on Birzeit University, injuring 11 students amid protests and a solidarity event, Palestinian officials said.
- On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces raided Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, storming campus buildings and firing live ammunition to disperse students.
- The raid followed a student solidarity event and film screening, where students showed support for Palestinian detainees by screening The Voice of Hind Rajab, while the Israeli military said it targeted a 'gathering in support of terrorism.'
- Medical responders said several students were wounded and hospitalised, with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reporting three hospitalised with gunshot wounds to the legs, five with tear gas inhalation and three injured by shrapnel.
- Troops destroyed Birzeit University's main gate during the raid, triggering panic among university staff and students, while the Palestine Ministry of Education condemned the operation as a violation of international conventions.
- The operation fits a pattern of prior raids on Palestinian universities, including December detentions of five Birzeit security team members and the storming of al-Quds University, with at least 8,000 students believed on campus.
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The Israeli army broke into the University of Bir Zeit, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, and shot several Palestinian students. To provide the news is the Palestinian agency Wafa, which speaks of at least 11 university students wounded (5 of them by real bullets), arrested journalists and several dozen boys with malaria due to tear gas. Numbers confirmed also by the Red Crescent and the rector of the University. During the operation, the IDF wou…
Israeli forces fired live ammunition, tear gas canisters and stun grenades inside the campus, prior to the screening of the film “Hind Rajab”.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Army accessed the main campus of Birzeit University in the Palestinian city of Ramallah to stop a solidarity protest by Palestinian prisoners, leaving five students wounded with live ammunition, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported.This organization also recounts four others injured by tear gas inhalation and two more by injuries after falls, raising the total number to 11 people affected.The Red Crescent also attended t…
Around a dozen Palestinians have been injured, including five by gunshot wounds,...
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