RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Ramallah- 24 September 2023. Palestinian students inspect the damage inside a Birzeit University during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the Workers Union at Birzeit University, Lina Maari

STORYLINE:

Israeli forces Sunday stormed Birzeit University, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and detained seven students, local sources confirmed.

The sources told WAFA that the Israeli forces arrested the following seven students, including a former prisoner, after storming the university and vandalizing contents and properties.

Birzeit University condemned the Israeli forces storming of its campus at dawn today, detain a number of its students, and causing destruction to the university’s properties.

The university confirmed that what happened constitutes a major and clear violation of all international norms and conventions that criminalize violating the sanctity of universities and educational institutions.

It stressed that it's working through lawyers and legal institutions to check on the detained students.