Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West Bank, says family | West Bank
His family said he was killed by 20-year-old Palestinian-American Israeli settlers.
PAGOLLAH “Saif” was reported to have been beaten by Israeli settlers while on the farm of his family in a region near Ramallah. Later, a group prevented the ambulances from reaching collectively for three hours.
Muhammad Nael Hijaz, a 22 -year -old mine friend, said, “I was the first to reach Saif,” he said. “When I got there, he didn’t move and barely breathed. There was time to save him.”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health, another Palestinian man, 23-year-old Razek Hussein Al-Islam, said he was deadly shot and left to bleed during the attack. According to a molded cousin, the funeral will be held on Sunday for both men.
The attacks are coming in the midst of the Israeli -setting wave of violence targeting the Palestinians in the West Bank – Hamas militants have been killed on October 7, 2023 since more than 1,000 Paestinians have been killed and at least 9,000 injured.
Israeli army Israelis and stones claiming that “a violent conflict developed” were thrown. He added that he was aware of reports about a Palestinian civilian ”and examined the incident.
The US Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was aware of the death of a US citizen in the West Bank and that he refused to interpret the family’s privacy more ”.
In a statement, the family asked for an investigation into the murders by the US Department of State and called on the Israeli settlers who killed Saif in charge of their crimes ”. Witnesses of the conflict claimed that there were Israeli soldiers during the conflict.
Since October 7, three Palestinian-American young people have been killed in the West Bank. Yet, no one has been punished for deaths.
Mussalat was born and grew up in Florida and opened an ice cream shop in Tampawith. The family said he had gone to the West Bank to visit relatives at the beginning of June.
“He was a very sweet man, full of hope and dreams, H Hijaz said, mourning the fact that they couldn’t save your friend.
In a statement, his family said: “Saif was a new brother and a son who had just started the title of his life. He was a kind and hard -respected young man.
Mussalat attacked a farm owned by his family in the town of Baten Al-Hawa in the north of Jerusalem. The region is in the B region, which is under the administrative control of the Palestinian authority, but under the security control of the Israeli army.
The settlers attacked two journalists working for DW, a German publisher in the same area a week ago, and asked Israel to condemn by the German ambassador. Although the settlers wear well -marked press jackets and seriously damaging their cars, they attacked them by throwing them rock. The Israeli army said it would look at it.
The Israeli army is accused and even helped by the righteous groups that settlers entered the property and attacked the inhabitants and attacked the inhabitants. The arrests of the settlers are rare.
Two weeks ago, more than 100 settlers crossed the Kafr Malek village near Ramallah, killed three people and injured a few more.
At a funeral for Ibrahim Azulay, the Israeli Defense Forces soldiers and settlers were killed in Southern Gaza on Wednesday, and mourning asked revenge against the Palestinians for the death of their friends.
“We want penance,” a friend said. “We want the temple, we want revenge.”
Biden administration had imposed sanctions on various figures in the settler community to reduce violence, but these sanctions were abolished by Donald Trump after the US President.
“The settlers want to take over our land, Hicar Hicaz said. “Their aggression is increasing day by day. The Israeli army comes to protect them and does nothing to prevent them from attacking us. Nobody can hold the settlers responsible.”
