Israeli police and soldiers raided a Palestinian university in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

The police disguised in civilian attire stormed the Birzeit University campus near Ramallah and detained its student council president Omar Kiswani.

The detention sparked clashes between students and the Israeli police, who were backed by army heavily armed soldiers.

The police fired several gunshots into the air during the clashes.

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