Israeli authorities have fired tear gas and violently evicted Palestinians and activists who were setting up a protest camp near an Occupied West Bank village.

An AFP correspondent said the army used tear gas and violence to remove hundreds of people who had set up four temporary huts and three tents near Burin, south of Nablus, in the northern Occupied West Bank on Saturday.

The correspondent said journalists were also forcefully removed from the site. He said security forces made arrests, but he was unaware of any injuries.