Overview

• Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen from Florida, died on July 11 after settlers in Sinjil allegedly beat him while he protected his family’s land and paramedics were blocked from reaching him for hours.
• At a Monday press conference in Florida, Musallet’s relatives joined civil rights groups in demanding President Trump and the Justice Department arrest and prosecute the suspects under U.S. law.
• The State Department has provided consular assistance and offered condolences but has deferred any formal investigation to Israeli authorities, sparking criticism from the family.
• No senior U.S. politicians, including Florida’s congressional delegation, have publicly engaged beyond privacy expressions, reinforcing accusations of a double standard in treating Palestinian-American victims.
• The Israeli military says it is investigating the incident and has questioned a reservist, in a broader context of escalating West Bank settler violence that has killed nearly 1,000 Palestinians since October 2023.