2 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, 1 killed in West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a police checkpoint in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources, reported Xinhua.

Medical sources at Nasser Hospital told Xinhua that ambulance crews transported the bodies of two people killed in the Israeli strike.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at a police checkpoint during an operation in the al-Amal neighborhood, north of Khan Younis, killing two people and wounding several others.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery continued shelling other parts of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses.

In a press statement, the Gaza-based health authorities said that since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect in October 2025, 658 Palestinians have been killed and 1,754 others wounded by Israeli fire and shelling.

The statement added that the total Palestinian death toll since the outbreak of the October 7, 2023, attack has risen to 72,234, with 171,852 others wounded.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian man was killed and three others were injured on Saturday after Israeli settlers opened fire during an attack in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and local officials.

The Red Crescent said four people were taken to hospitals, three with gunshot wounds and one with injuries from a beating. One of the wounded later died and was identified as Amir Moatasem Ouda, 29.

Local sources said a group of settlers attacked the outskirts of the village of Qusra, near Nablus, assaulting residents and opening fire. The injured were first taken to a nearby medical center before being transferred to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus.

There is no immediate response from the Israeli side.

Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas condemned the "bloody attack" and urged international action against ongoing settler violence.

Qusra village chief Hani Ouda said the attackers operated under Israeli military protection, firing indiscriminately at residents and homes. He said one victim remains in critical condition.

The incident comes amid a rise in settler attacks across the West Bank. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says it recorded more than 1,800 such incidents in 2025, resulting in deaths, injuries, property damage, and the displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families.