Jammu, May 8 -- Pro-Palestinian encampment around NYC's Fashion Institute of Technology dismantled, while several arrested.

New York Police Department, in fullriot gear, arrested several pro-Palestinian demonstrators outsideNYC's Fashion Institute of Technology on Tuesday night.

According to CBS News, hundreds of protesters reportedly gathered in Union Square, demanding a ceasefire as Israel enteredRafahcity in southern Gaza.

Raising alarms about northern Gaza already facing the worst case of a "full-blown famine," UN officials slammed Israeli forces' seizure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza (per Aljazeera).

On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday: "The closure of both the Rafah an...