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RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 11 (Reuters) — A Palestinian American antheral was beaten to decease by settlers successful the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a 2nd antheral was changeable dead, the Palestinian Health Ministry said successful a statement, successful a confrontation overnight.
U.S. national Sayafollah Musallet, 20, besides known arsenic Saif, was severely beaten successful the incidental connected Friday evening successful Sinjil, northbound of Ramallah, the ministry said. Hussein Al-Shalabi, 23 was changeable successful the chest.
Musallet's family, from Tampa Florida, said successful a connection that medics tried to scope him for 3 hours earlier his member managed to transportation him to an ambulance, but that helium died earlier reaching the hospital.
"This is an unimaginable nightmare and injustice that nary household should ever person to face. We request the U.S. State Department pb an contiguous probe and clasp the Israeli settlers who killed Saif accountable for their crimes," the household connection said.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said connected Friday it was alert of the incident, but that the section had nary further remark "out of respect for the privateness of the household and loved ones" of the reported victim.
The Israeli military said Israel was probing the incidental successful the municipality of Sinjil. It said confrontations betwixt Palestinians and settlers broke retired aft Palestinians threw rocks astatine Israelis, lightly injuring them.
The subject said forces were dispatched to the country and utilized non-lethal weapons to disperse the crowds.
Settler unit successful the West Bank has risen since the commencement of Israel's war against Palestinian militant radical Hamas successful Gaza successful precocious 2023, according to rights groups.
Dozens of Israelis person besides been killed successful Palestinian thoroughfare attacks successful caller years and the Israeli subject has intensified raids across the West Bank.
U.S. President Donald Trump successful January rescinded sanctions imposed by the erstwhile Biden medication connected Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of being progressive successful unit against Palestinians successful the West Bank.
Israeli killings of U.S. citizens successful the West Bank successful caller years see those of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian American teenager Omar Mohammad Rabea and Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.
The United Nations' highest tribunal said past twelvemonth Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, and settlements determination were illegal and should beryllium withdrawn arsenic soon arsenic possible.
Israel disputes this, citing humanities and biblical ties to the land, which it captured successful the 1967 Middle East war. The West Bank is among the territories that Palestinians question for an autarkic state.
