Israeli forces, the witness added, had confiscated equipment belonging to the Islamic Wafaa Bloc, a Hamas-affiliated student body.
In May, the Hamas-affiliated Islamic Wafaa Bloc won Birzeit University’s student council polls for the third year in a row, clinching 25 of the council’s 51 seats.
Jerusalem remains at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem – occupied by Israel since 1967 -- might eventually serve as the capital of a Palestinian state.