Overview

• Twenty-year-old Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet, a Port Charlotte native and Tampa ice cream shop owner, was fatally beaten by a mob of illegal Israeli settlers on his family farm on July 11.
• Witnesses say Israeli military personnel protected the attackers and blocked medical aid for over three hours before Musallet’s brother could drive him to a hospital.
• Musallet’s killing is the latest in a series of fatal incidents against Palestinian-Americans and Palestinians in the West Bank since the October 2023 war.
• Human rights advocates and members of Congress are calling on the White House, State Department and Justice Department to demand a transparent investigation and leverage U.S. aid to secure accountability.
• Observers warn that persistent impunity for settler violence and apartheid-style segregation highlights the need for stronger U.S. oversight of military assistance to Israel.