Police clear encampments at UCLA as Pro-Palestinian protests spread across the US

Police have cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested more than a hundred demonstrators at the University of California, Los Angeles. Officers moved in overnight and dismantled barricades, following clashes between opposing groups of protesters. Violence flared on Wednesday after a group of people, some of whom were carrying Israeli flags, attacked a pro-Palestinian camp, where people had been demonstrating against Israel's actions in Gaza. US President Joe Biden condemned the unrest.

Fireworks thrown at Gaza protesters as tensions rise at UCLA

Violent clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-demonstrators broke out at the University of California in Los Angeles. Aerial footage shows people trying to break through barriers protecting the pro-Palestinian protest group. Administrators called in law enforcement, who surrounded the area. The 7 October attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza, and the ensuing Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory, have unleashed the biggest outpouring of US student activism since the anti-racism protests of 2020 after the death of George Floyd.

Even though the police were called. They stood by and did nothing for more than an hour while the attack continued.