Police on UC Irvine campus after anti-Israel agitators swarm buildings; students told to 'leave area'
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Students were told to "leave area" after hundreds of anti-Israel agitators descended onto the campus of UC Irvine on Wednesday, barricading campus buildings.
A demonstrator gives a flower to the law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Irvine, Calif., Wednesday. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) Demonstrators gather as law enforcement officers are deployed to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Irvine, Calif., Wednesday. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) Demonstrators clash with law enforcement at the University of California, Irvine, on Wednesday afternoon. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) A demonstrator hands out flowers to law enforcement. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
The university said that it put out a call to local law enforcement and received immediate assistance from the Irvine Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's Department. She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
In livestream footage of the anti-Israel agitators confrontation with police, at least one protester was arrested. Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.