Israeli settler killed in West Bank shooting buried after midnight

An Israeli man killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank was buried shortly after midnight on Tuesday, two days after the incident.

Mourners gathered for the funeral of Netanel Shakron, 36, a resident of the Israeli settlement of Alei Zahav. He was killed on Sunday morning when, according to the Israeli military, an attacker opened fire from a vehicle and then fled on foot.

The attack took place hours before Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. At the funeral, family members surrounded the coffin and prayed, with some holding Israeli flags. Shakron's son, Yoav, was among those mourning.

Addressing the service, Israeli settler leader Yossi Dagan said Shakron had told his son to run in his final moments. "Even in the last seconds of your life, you saved your son Yoav's life," Dagan said, describing the boy as a hero who had survived by following his father's instruction.

Dagan also pressed the government for a stronger response to the killing. "The entire people of Israel are expecting and demanding answers from the government, stronger answers, more decisive answers," he said. "We expect the government to order a significant military operation."

Tensions have risen sharply in the West Bank, where extremist Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have increased, a trend attributed to the influence of right-wing, ultra-nationalist politicians in Israel's government.

Israeli authorities say five Israelis have been killed in the West Bank since August. More than 85 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers this year, according to the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry. Israel says some of those killed were involved in terrorism, a category it defines broadly to include militant attacks and rock-throwing. Palestinian authorities do not distinguish between militants and civilians when recording deaths in the conflict.