Tear gas deployed at lawyers' march

Israeli forces have used tear gas at a march of Palestinian lawyers, local media report.

A march by members of the Palestinian Bar Association set off this morning from Ramallah, heading towards the West Bank town of Bira.

The march was organised in memory of the 25 Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli security services so far this month.

The group of protesters was hit with tear gas as they approached an Israeli checkpoint outside the settlement of Beit El, east of Ramallah.