West Bank02 October, 20262 min read
Settlers From Havat Anton Kill Mashhour Yassin In Yasuf East Of Salfit
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Mashhour Yassin, 51, shot dead by Israeli settlers in Yasuf near Salfit. Palestinian health authorities confirmed death from settlers' gunfire.
5 outlets told this the same way.
Yasuf settler attack
Mashhour Yassin, 51, died after being wounded by a gunshot during a settler attack on the town of Yasuf, to the east of Salfit in the occupied West Bank. Muhammad al-Ramahi, director of Salfit Governmental Hospital, confirmed Yassin’s death and said he succumbed to the injuries suffered during the settlers’ attack, according to the Palestinian news agency Safa.
Settlers from the Havat Anton settlement attacked the area of al-Nasba, to the east of Yasuf, while Israeli forces opened fire simultaneously, wounding two Palestinians, one shot in the abdomen and the other hit in the side by shrapnel. Israeli occupation forces detained an ambulance belonging to the Al-Zaytouna organization in Yasuf, confiscated its key, and discarded it, hindering the ambulance staff’s work and preventing them from reaching the injured and providing the necessary medical care.
Funeral in Salfit
Mourners in Salfit attended the funeral of 51-year-old Mashhour Yassin, whom Palestinian officials say was shot dead by Israeli settlers in Yasuf, southwest of Nablus. Al Jazeera’s funeral segment framed the death as occurring in Yasuf, southwest of Nablus, and it showed the funeral attendance for Yassin.
The EFE account identified the deceased as Mashhur Sháher Mohamed Yasín and said he died from “settlers’ bullets” in the village of Yasuf, located east of the city of Salfit. The EFE account also said a representative of the Palestinian Red Crescent told EFE that one person was struck by live rounds in the abdomen and one person was injured by shrapnel.
Detentions and wider pattern
Israeli forces arrested several Palestinians after the attack on Yasuf, and Israeli forces also detained the ambulance key and discarded it, according to the account of the incident. The EFE report said Israeli police stated that dozens of Palestinians threw stones at Israeli civilians and that a young Israeli minor sustained light injuries, while it also described an ongoing investigation into a report that someone was dragged toward the town.
The EFE report said officers from the Ariel police station and forensic experts from the Judea and Samaria district police entered the area escorted by the Army to collect evidence and take statements from witnesses, and it said the investigation remains open. The EFE report also quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplaying the violence of the settlers before the UN General Assembly, saying it is “an obsession” of the international community because it is just a “handful of delinquent youths.”