The University of Washington in Seattle was the site of an attempted occupation by pro-Palestine protestors late Monday night. Members of the Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return (SUPER) group affiliated with the UW attempted to occupy and barricade the engineering library on campus, which was reportedly still open with student visitors. SUPER UW protestors outside addressed their own members with bullhorns, pushed obstables in front of the main doors and lit a dumpster on fire,

UW Police requested help from the Seattle Police Department and police in riot gear arrested around 30 protestors inside the building for criminal trespass after they failed to heed police instructions to leave the building in the early hours of Tuesday. The trespassers were booked into King County Jail.

The University of Washington released a statement the next day expressing zero tolerance for the property damage and alleged anti-Semitic statements promulgated by the Hamas supporters. They estimated the property damage came to around $1 million.

Protestors had brought bedding subsequently abandoned during the arrests and appeared to have planned an extended occupation of the building.