Overview

• Twenty-year-old Sayfollah Musallet of Tampa was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in Sinjil while visiting family in the West Bank.
• In the same incident, 23-year-old Hussein Al-Shalabi was shot dead, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
• Family members say settlers blocked medics for three hours before Musallet’s brother carried him to an ambulance, but he died en route to the hospital.
• The Israel Defense Forces has opened a probe into the Sinjil attack and the U.S. State Department confirmed it is aware of reports of an American’s death.
• Musallet’s family is urging U.S. officials to hold the settlers accountable and lead an immediate inquiry into his killing.