APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah, 11 January 2022. Palestinian students from Birzeit university take part in a protest against Israeli army arrested thier colleagues, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Abdel Hafez Al-Sharbati, one of the students released after yesterday's arrest, is a representative of the Progressive Student Union - People's Party.
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Lina Maiari, President of the Syndicate of Professors and Employees of Birzeit University.
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One person was hit by a rubber bullet in the head and dozens suffocated from tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers today at the northern entrance to Ramallah, according to witnesses.
They said soldiers at an army checkpoint fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at dozens of university students who marched to the location to protest an army raid at Birzeit University campus yesterday and the arrest of student leaders.
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