Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with police outside Bologna Central Station in Italy on Thursday morning.

The protesters were mainly students who had gathered outside the station in support of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Demonstrators attempted to enter the station but were pushed back by police officers.

In Milan, hundreds of students occupied the buildings of the Statale University in support of the flotilla.

Israeli naval forces boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza on Thursday and detained dozens aboard, including European lawmakers, drawing widespread condemnation.