Birzeit, 8 April , 2000
Birzeit University announced today the closing of the university for the three days of traditional mourning after the death of three students by drowning while on a trip to Akka.

Two of the students, Lo'ai Bayatneh and Tharwat Al A'ssi were students at Birzeit University while the third, Mahmoud Al A'ssi, was a student at Al Quds Open University.

Lo'ai Bayatneh

Tharwat Al A'ssi