Anti-Israel protesters set up a new camp on the UCLA campus Monday, prompting a police response in an effort to clear the area.
Protesters set up tents at Dickson Plaza, where a previous encampment was located that lasted more than a week in April and May before police cleared the area and arrested more than 200 people, according to Fox 11.
Protesters were also seen carrying fake bloody bodies and body parts, the outlet reported.
“We will honor all our martyrs,” protesters chanted as they named Palestinians who died in the Gaza war, according to the university newspaper Daily Bruin.
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Hundreds of students protest outside the Palestinian Solidarity Camp on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
During the protest, protesters stood at the top of the Janss stairs leading to the plaza to prevent people from entering, Fox 11 reported.
University police and campus security officers responded to the scene and used bicycles as barriers to prevent more protesters from entering the area, according to Fox 11.
Protesters were given multiple instructions to disperse, according to ABC 7. The Los Angeles Police Department also responded to the campus and eventually declared a tactical alert.
Several clashes occurred on campus between protesters and police on Monday, ABC 7 reported. At least one security officer was treated for injuries.
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Los Angeles, CA – April 29: Graffiti on the Powell Library on the UCLA campus, where pro-Palestinian protesters set up camp on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
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Campus police arrested University Student Association Council President Adam Tfayli shortly before 4 p.m., according to the Daily Bruin.
LAPD told KNX News that 27 protesters were arrested by campus police in a standoff behind Dodd Hall.
The protest dispersed around midnight, according to KNX News.
Fox News Digital reached out to campus police and Los Angeles police, but both agencies did not immediately respond.
This comes amid protests at several universities in California and across the country amid the ongoing war in the Middle East between Hamas terrorists and Israeli forces that began after the October 7 Hamas attack on the Jewish state, which provoked military retaliation by Israel.
Protesters are calling on their universities to end all business ties with Israel.
