The US State Department unveiled that it was aware of the US citizen who was killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after being beaten by Israeli settlers, according to Al Arabiya.
“We are aware of reports of the death of a US citizen in the West Bank,” a State Department spokesperson said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry, noted that Saif al-Din Kamel Abdul Karim Musallat, aged in his 20s, died after he was beaten by Israeli settlers on Friday evening.
The ministry also said that other people were injured during an attack in a town north of Ramallah.
Musallat’s relatives mentioned that Israeli settlers had beaten Saif al-Din to death, according to The Washington Post.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said Israel was investigating the incident in the town of Sinjil. It also said that rocks were hurled at Israelis near Sinjil and that “a violent confrontation developed in the area.”
Escalating Violence in West Bank
Approximately 1 million Israeli settlers live in illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.
Israel has recently detained numerous pro-Palestine activists with foreign nationalities north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank amid settlers’ attacks, according to Arab News.
In May, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel planned to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank, according to Al-Arabiya.
Katz’s remarks followed Israel’s announcement of the creation of 22 new settlements in the West Bank.
In this context, fifteen Israeli Cabinet Ministers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have recently pushed him to immediately annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The lawmakers have signed a petition requesting the administration “to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (West Bank) before the end of the Knesset summer session,” which ends on July 27.
They also implied that the current moment is appropriate for the annexation thanks to strong US-Israeli relations and the recent military gains.
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