Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank

SaveSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkPalestinians attend a mass funeral on Wednesday for more than 100 people whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of a Gaza residential building levelled by an Israeli strike in 2023 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and AnadoluPublished On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026An Israeli drone strike has killed a Palestinian man and wounded several others in southern Gaza while settlers shot dead another Palestinian man near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.The body of Tamer al-Hamayda, 42, and three wounded people were brought to Nasser Medical Complex on Thursday after the strike hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Will Democrats move beyond rhetoric on Israel’s illegal settlements?list 2 of 3What’s driving Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank?list 3 of 3Funeral held for Palestinian man killed in the occupied West Bankend of listAnother Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli drone strike on Tuesday that targeted a gathering of Palestinians in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to medical personnel in Nasser Medical Complex.Israeli forces also carried out a large-scale demolition operation targeting buildings east of Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighbourhood.The Gaza Health Ministry reported eight new deaths and 26 wounded over the past 24 hours, putting the toll since the “ceasefire” took effect in October 2025 at 1,439 killed and 5,052 wounded, with 834 bodies recovered from the rubble.Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 74,040 Palestinians and wounded 175,168 since October 2023, the ministry said. Occupied West Bank pogromsIn the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded another during a raid on the village of Yasuf, north of Ramallah, on Thursday.51-year-old Mashhour Yassin was shot dead by settler gunfire, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.Describing the attack, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israeli forces had detained an ambulance, seizing its key and throwing it aside, “in a crime that reflects clear coordination between the settlers and occupation forces.”It said the killing “falls within the framework of a serious and continuous escalation in organised settler crimes,” saying Israel gives free rein to settler “terrorism against our people in the service of settlement, annexation, forced displacement and ethnic cleansing plans.”Yasuf Mayor Jumaa Abdel Fattah told the AFP news agency that dozens of Israeli settlers armed with sticks and firearms had attacked the village, which lies between four Israeli settlements.“Yassin was at his doorstep when the settlers attacked the village homes. He went out to defend his house,” Abdel Fattah said, adding that Yassin’s nephew was also wounded in the attack.Abdel Fattah said the settlers had come from Havat Anton, an illegal Israeli settlement established in July that has previously attacked the village’s residents.Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have reported a surge in settler pogrom attacks in recent months.More than 500,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements considered illegal under international law.According to the UN, at least 1,112 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the territory since October 2023, including at least 37 killed by settlers.