Law enforcement agencies withdraw from UCLA encampment after knocking down barrier to enter

Law enforcement agencies in riot gear knocked down the plywood barrier surrounding the anti-Israel encampment at UCLA and entered the area at around 1:54 a.m. local time after hours of a tense standoff with hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on campus.

Not long after entering the encampment in Dickson Plaza, police appeared to withdraw from the area and are now engaged in another standoff with the protesters.

Widespread cheers could be heard from the protesters as police regrouped outside of the encampment and the plywood barrier was put back up.

One person was detained shortly after officers retreated from the encampment, according to Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper.