Classes at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) were cancelled on Wednesday following attacks on a Gaza solidarity encampment by pro-Israeli supporters the previous night.

UCLA’s administration released a statement condemning the “horrific acts of violence” against the encampment, which was erected in protest at Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory where at least 34,568 people have been killed and 77,765 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7.

Anna, a spokesperson for the UCLA encampment, told Al Jazeera that dozens of pro-Palestine protesters were injured or pepper-sprayed in the attack, which lasted from late Tuesday night into the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Anna added that the attack was carried out partly under the gaze of police, who only stepped in several hours after the violence began.