Israeli settlers beat American to death in West Bank
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Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 30 people on Sunday, pushing the Palestinian death toll past 58,000 after 21 months of war.
Frustration among Palestinians escalated following the funeral of two men, one a U.S. citizen, killed by settlers in the West Bank. The victims' families demand stronger U.S. intervention. Despite many in Al-Mazr'a Ash-Sharqiya having American ties,
Israeli settlers killed a 23-year-old Palestinian-American man in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an eyewitness, as settler violence against Palestinians ramps up in the occupied territory.
Florida-born Sayfollah Musallet, 20, was beaten to death while visiting family in the West Bank. A second man was found dead with a gunshot wound.
The family of a young Palestinian-American killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank is urging Washington to launch an independent probe into what rights groups call a brazen, unpunished act of violence.