Dozens of Israeli settlers have set fire to houses and cars in a village in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian health ministry has reported at least one person has been killed in the attack.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the settlers threw rocks and Molotov cocktails as they attacked the village of Jit, near the town of Nablus, on Thursday evening.

The Palestinian health ministry said a local villager in his early 20s was killed and another person critically injured in the chest. The IDF said it was examining the report of the fatality.

Footage has emerged on social media purportedly showing houses and vehicles set ablaze in Jit late on Thursday. Plumes of smoke are seen rising above the village.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that "those responsible for any criminal act will be caught and prosecuted".

In a statement, the IDF said its forces were deployed in the village "within minutes" of receiving reports of violence, shooting in the air to disperse the crowds. Attackers were then removed from Jit.