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“The missiles come down from the sky,” Mehdi said, gesturing the arc of a projectile falling to earth, “and suddenly everything you have is gone.”

He recalled seeing the “bloody remains” of Chicano journalist Ruben Salazar, who was killed by a tear gas projectile fired by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy at the Silver Dollar Bar that day.

UC Merced wants five projectile launchers and 100 sponge rounds, requests approved last year but not yet purchased.

UC San Francisco is asking for 11 rifles, 10 projectile launchers and three drones.

Sunday’s strike did not cause any serious damage or direct injuries, Israeli officials said, but triggered pointed questions as to how the projectile was able to travel so far into Israeli airspace.