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Middle East: Fatah student leaders in Gaza Strip announce 'state of alert'
Gaza, 17 Oct. (AKI) - Student leaders in the Gaza Strip belonging to the ruling Fatah faction announced on Friday a “state of alert” over recent clashes with Islamist students at Al-Azhar University, according to a statement sent to Palestinian news agency Maan.
Students called upon the Palestinian people to “stand together” to protect the university in Gaza City from “attacks by the Islamic bloc.”
The Fatah students also accused Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of being responsible for attacks against students and workers at the university earlier this week, according to the statement.
Members of the Hamas-linked Islamic bloc, equipped with guns and hand grenades, broke into the campus on Tuesday, beating three students with whips, damaging furniture and breaking windows, Riyad Aleila, head of the Student Affairs department told media.
The university was closed on Wednesday.
The Fatah students said the party “would not stand by” as attacks against its students “damaged the image of the university and its students.”
Students called upon the Palestinian people to “stand together” to protect the university in Gaza City from “attacks by the Islamic bloc.”
The Fatah students also accused Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of being responsible for attacks against students and workers at the university earlier this week, according to the statement.
Members of the Hamas-linked Islamic bloc, equipped with guns and hand grenades, broke into the campus on Tuesday, beating three students with whips, damaging furniture and breaking windows, Riyad Aleila, head of the Student Affairs department told media.
The university was closed on Wednesday.
The Fatah students said the party “would not stand by” as attacks against its students “damaged the image of the university and its students.”
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