'They held me hostage': Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Columbia faculty building
Anti-Israel mob barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, staff member briefly held against his will.
Anti-Israel mob barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, staff member briefly held against his will.
Another soldier was seriously injured in the fighting.
Columbia University begins suspending anti-Israel protesters for refusal to dismantle their protest camp, part of a wave of campus demonstrations and clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups across the US in recent weeks.
Columbia activists defied the 2 p.m. deadline with chants, clapping and drumming from the encampment of more than 300 people. No officials appeared to enter the encampment, with at least 120 tents staying up as the deadline passed.
"We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now for over 200 days," the joint declaration signed by the 18 nations stated, marking a significant diplomatic effort to resolve the protracted conflict.
Some $17 billion are earmarked for bolstering Israel's defense capabilities.
School says students agreed to remove some tents from the protest encampment in exchange for a 48-hour extension before fully dismantling it.
"Seeing a video of Hersh today is overwhelming. We're relieved to see him alive but we're also concerned about his health and wellbeing as well as that of all of the other hostages and all of those suffering in this region," Goldberg-Polin's father says in a video message.
Amichai Chikli, a member of Likud, expresses concerns about the perceived lack of strength in US leadership under President Joe Biden.
Following the unprecedented April 14 Iran missile attack, Britain's leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt says country can learn lessons from Israel on how to mount a formidable defense.
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