Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as demonstrations over the war in Gaza continue across US campuses.

Nationwide rallies – during which there have been hundreds of arrests – showed no sign of stopping over the weekend.

At UCLA “physical altercations broke out” after a barrier separating the two sides was breached, an official said.

The White House has insisted that demonstrations must remain peaceful.

The US government respected the right of protesters demonstrating over the Israel-Gaza war, a National Security Council spokesman told ABC.

But it repeated its condemnation of antisemitic incidents that have been reported, as well as “all the hate speech and the threats of violence out there”, John Kirby told ABC on Sunday.

At UCLA, a pro-Palestinian encampment has grown in size in recent days, as has a group of pro-Israeli counter-protesters.

The Israeli American Council (IAC) organised the counter-protest. It recently said it had “profound concern” over the antisemitism reported elsewhere, including at Columbia University.

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