In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers fatally beat a 20-year-old Palestinian American from Tampa, Florida. Sayfollah Musallet was killed on Friday while visiting family in the village of al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya. He is reportedly the seventh American killed in the West Bank, Gaza, or Lebanon since October 2023. A second Palestinian, Mohammad al-Shalabi, was shot dead during the settler attack. Musallet’s cousin Diana read a statement from the family.

Diana Musallet: “We are devastated that our beloved Sayfollah Musallet, nicknamed Saif, was brutally beaten to death in our family’s land by illegal Israeli settlers who were attempting to steal it. Israeli settlers surrounded Saif for over three hours as paramedics attempted to reach him, but the mob of settlers blocked the ambulance and paramedics from providing lifesaving aid. After the mob of Israeli settlers cleared hours later, Saif’s younger brother rushed to carry him to the ambulance. Saif was killed and died before reaching the hospital.”