Overview
- Palestinian medical authorities and the Red Crescent reported 11 people injured at Birzeit University, including five hit by live ammunition, with patients treated at Ramallah’s Istishari Arab Hospital.
- The Israeli military said it entered the campus to disrupt an anticipated gathering in support of terrorism based on intelligence and used riot-dispersal measures and targeted fire at individuals it described as violent.
- Birzeit University said all those hurt were students and acknowledged that stones were thrown at troops during the confrontation.
- Palestinian sources said the university’s vice president was detained during the raid, a claim not confirmed by Israeli authorities.
- On the same day, a government tender cleared the way for construction in the contentious E1 area near East Jerusalem, a move Peace Now said could begin within weeks and which critics warn would sever West Bank contiguity.