Palestinian man killed in settler attack on Yasuf, northern West Bank

A Palestinian man, identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as Mashhour Yassin, 51, was killed on Thursday 1 October 2026 in an attack by Israeli settlers on the village of Yasuf in the northern occupied West Bank. 1 2 The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated two men with gunshot injuries, one in his fifties shot in the abdomen and another hit by live-fire shrapnel in the flank. 1 2 Yasuf's village council head, Jumaa Abdel Fattah, said the attack happened around 1 pm and that dozens of settlers armed with sticks and firearms attacked the village; he said Yassin went out to defend his house and that Yassin's nephew was also wounded. 2

Abdel Fattah told Anadolu the assault was larger than the near-daily attacks, with settlers firing randomly and throwing stones, and that Israeli army forces were present and also fired at residents who confronted the settlers. 1 He said the settlers came from a nearby outpost, which AFP names as Havat Anton and says was established in July. 2 1 Israel's military told AFP it was looking into the details of the attack; neither report carries an Israeli account of what happened. 2

The attack comes amid rising settler violence: AFP cites at least 37 Palestinians killed by settlers since October 2023 according to the UN, while Anadolu cites 628 attacks in the West Bank in August per a Palestinian commission and reports the rights group Al-Baidar's accounts of attacks in four areas. 2 1 AFP adds that international criticism is mounting, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed settler violence last week, and that settlements are illegal under international law. 2