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by IMEMC News
Jan 6, 2026

Israeli forces shot five Palestinian students and injured others, on Tuesday morning, after storming the Birzeit University campus, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its ambulance crews transported 11 Palestinians to the hospital after suffering various injuries.

The PRCS added that 5 students were shot with live ammunition, 4 sustained inhalation injuries, while 2 others suffered injuries as a result of falling while running during the attack.

According to the public relations officer at Birzeit University, Nirdin Al-Mimi, occupation forces stormed the University campus, destroying the main gate and opened fire with live rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades towards students.

Al-Mimi added that at least 8,000 students were on campus when several Israeli soldiers invaded a number of buildings and confiscated equipment belonging to the student movement.

Media sources reported that the army detained the Vice President of the University, Assem Khalil, and chased university students.

In a press conference held after the army withdrawal, the President of Birzeit University, Talal Shahwan, said that the army attack against the university is in contravention of human rights law and international law.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education denounced the incursion and called for the protection of institutions for higher learning.
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Israeli forces raid West Bank university, wound 11; IDF says it dispersed 'incitement' rally

by Rawan Suleiman and Yaniv Kubovich for Haaretz
5 hours ago

Israeli forces raid West Bank university, wound 11; IDF says it dispersed 'incitement' rally
Israeli forces raided Birzeit University near Ramallah on Tuesday during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners organized by the student council, the university said in a statement.

The IDF said its soldiers raided the West Bank's Birzeit University to disperse a "gathering in support of terror and incitement to terror."

Medics said they treated 11 people wounded in the raid, including five wounded by live gunfire. In a statement released in Hebrew, the military said IDF soldiers and Border Police forces "used riot dispersal means, fired into the air and dispersed the gathering." The mention of gunfire at the beginning of the raid was omitted in the statement released in English.

"Later on, an additional violent confrontation broke out that involved hundreds of suspects, during which rocks were hurled from rooftops in the area toward the forces, posing an immediate threat to them," the IDF said in its English statement, adding that soldiers used "precise fire toward the main violent individuals."