Zionist army forced on Saturday Palestinian activists to evacuate a West Bank encampment they tried to set up to protest against settlement building, AFP quoted witnesses as saying.

Zionist army forced on Saturday Palestinian activists to evacuate a West Bank encampment they tried to set up to protest against settlement building, AFP quoted witnesses as saying.

The occupation army dismantled tents that were being erected in two different areas near the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank, and forced activists to leave, the Palestinian witnesses said.

At the first site no arrests were made, but army used water cannon to disperse activists at the second and arrested six people, including two photographers.

Two protesters were injured and taken to hospital in Al-Khalil.