Police were called to the campus of UCLA early on Wednesday morning to find violent clashes between the Gaza camp protesters and counter-protesters supporting Israel. The fight between protesters went on for hours as people hit each other with sticks and used barricades as weapons. Additional reports said that fireworks were thrown as weapons.

Upon their arrival at UCLA, LAPD said there were "multiple acts of violence within the large encampment." Gaza camp protesters claimed that the counter-protesters carried out "an act of terror" against them. UC Divest UCLA said "The life-threatening assault we face tonight is nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror."

Those students who had erected the Gaza camp complained that police and security did not help them. "Law enforcement simply stood at the edge of the lawn and refused to budge as we screamed for their help," they said. 

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