Overview

• Twenty-year-old Sayfollah Musallet, a Palestinian-American from Tampa, was beaten unconscious by Israeli settlers in Sinjil and died after medics were blocked from reaching him for hours
• Another Palestinian, Mohammed Shalabi, was fatally shot during the same attack and at least ten others were wounded
• The Israel Defense Forces announced an official investigation into the Sinjil incident, citing reports of a violent confrontation
• The U.S. State Department cited respect for the victim’s family privacy when declining further comment on the reported death
• Musallet’s family and human rights groups are demanding an American-led inquiry and meaningful accountability for escalating settler violence in the West Bank