Police move in after pro-Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA

LOS ANGELES — US police deployed in force on the University of California in Los Angeles campus on Wednesday morning after Israel supporters attacked a camp set up by pro-Palestinian protesters.Witness footage from the scene, verified by Reuters, showed people wielding sticks or poles to attack wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters, some of whom held placards or umbrellas.

to restore order and maintain public safety "due to multiple acts of violence within the large encampment on their campus."Broadcast footage later showed a police cordon clearing a central quad beside the encampment. By 5 a.m. they had erected a metal crowd barrier in front of the encampment and the area was quiet.Los Angeles Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, whose district includes

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