The building occupation at Columbia is at the center of Gaza-related protests roiling university campuses across the US in recent weeks
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Israel has denied targeting civilians in its war on Hamas in Gaza, accusing the militants of hiding among them. . University President Nemat Minouche Shafik said in a statement that days of negotiations between student organizers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to remove the dozens of tents set up to express opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza.
The campus was earlier closed to all people except students and faculty because of the ongoing protest. Neither the school nor a police spokesman was immediately available for comment or to detail how many people may have been detained.
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