Several people were arrested over the weekend after police officers broke up a protest encampment at the University of Texas over Israel's assault against Hamas in Gaza.
Officers detained six individuals at Fordham University in New York and removed an encampment set up inside a school building, officials said, while law enforcement was on standby at Columbia University across town following large arrests the night before.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, demonstrators dug in, blocking an avenue in the center of the campus in Cambridge during the height of the Wednesday afternoon rush hour commute.
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Dozens of police cars patrolled the University of California, Los Angeles, in response to violent clashes overnight when counter-protesters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian students.
In addition, hundreds of police cars were on patrol at the University of California, Los Angeles, following violent battles overnight when counter-protesters stormed a pro-Palestinian student encampment.
Police removed a campsite at the University of Texas Dallas and arrested at least 17 people for "criminal trespass," according to the school.
Since last month, demonstrators have gathered at least 30 US institutions, frequently building tent encampments to protest the rising death toll in the Gaza Strip.
But the sight of helmeted cops visiting two of America's most famous institutions alarmed some students.
"I don't think we should have a heavy police force on campus," UCLA student Mark Torre, 22, told AFP while surveying the scene from behind metal barriers.
"But more and more, day by day, I think it's a necessary evil, to at least keep safety on campus."
The Gaza war began on October 7 when Hamas terrorists launched an unprecedented offensive on Israel, killing around 1,170 people, most of whom were civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli government data.
The extremists also grabbed approximately 250 captives.
According to the health ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, Israel's retaliatory attack has killed around 34,500 individuals, the majority of them are women and children.
