Overview

• Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, died on July 12 after being severely beaten by settlers in Sinjil, north of Ramallah
• Hussein Al-Shalabi, 23, was shot dead in the same incident, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
• Musalet’s family says settlers blocked ambulance access for about three hours before he was carried to a stretcher
• The Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency have opened a probe while the U.S. State Department acknowledges its own review
• Rights groups highlight a surge in West Bank settler attacks since late 2023 and warn that few perpetrators face punishment