Police and protesters face-off at UCLA in campus unrest over Gaza

Hundreds of police and protesters were in a tense stand-off early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles as unrest over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza simmers on US campuses.Officers in riot gear moved in to start removing some barricades around the protest encampment, CNN footage showed, with several protesters detained.Police used flashbangs to disperse the crowds gathered outside the encampment who were chanting “Let them go!,” an AFP journalist at the scene reported as helicopters hovered overhead.”This is a peaceful protest, there are no counter-protestors tonight,…