Ambassador Yuval Waks was forced to leave a university campus in Dakar on Tuesday after students protested against his presence and chanted slogans against the Israeli war on Gaza, according to footage circulating on social media.

Waks had been invited to speak at a conference on international relations practices at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), the country’s largest and most prominent higher education institution.

But as he arrived, dozens of students gathered outside the hall, chanting “Free Palestine,” “Free Gaza”, and “Israel is a war criminal”.

Videos shared online show students waving Palestinian flags and booing the newly appointed envoy, preventing him from delivering his speech.