ISRAELI settlers shot and killed a Palestinian farmer yesterday as he worked on his land in the West Bank.

Israelis from the illegal Yash Kod settlement in the north of the West Bank entered Palestinians’ fields near Qusra and attacked 48-year-old Mahmoud Ahmad Zaal Odeh, a Palestinian official who monitors settlements told the Ma’an news agency.

Local residents told Ma’an that Mr Odeh tried to stop the settlers from entering his land and they shot him in the chest.