Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus. Thursday morning’s law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse. The sound of flash-bangs could be heard as police moved in. Police detained a handful of people on campus, tying their wrists with zip ties. Hundreds had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it in support. The police action occurred a night after the UCLA administration and campus police waited hours to stop the counter-protesters’ attack. The delay drew condemnation from Muslim students and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

New estimates from the United Nations show that if the Israel-Hamas war stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed in nearly seven months of Israel’s bombardment and ground offensives in the territory. The United States has pressured Israel to increase aid deliveries during the war. The death toll in Gaza is more than 34,500 Palestinians, and the territory faces a humanitarian catastrophe. The war has driven around 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million from their homes and pushed northern Gaza to the brink of famine. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been pressing for a cease-fire deal while visiting the region.