from PressTV
Family members of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, have urged the US government to investigate the incident and hold perpetrators accountable.
Musallet’s family said in a statement that Israeli settlers surrounded him for three hours during the assault on Friday and attacked medics who were attempting to reach him.
“This is an unimaginable nightmare and injustice that no family should ever have to face,” the statement said.
“We demand the US State Department lead an immediate investigation and hold the Israeli settlers who killed Saif accountable for their crimes. We demand justice.”
The US has previously resisted calls to investigate the killing of US citizens by Israeli forces. Instead, US officials say that Israel is capable of investigating its own abuses.
However, Israeli investigations rarely lead to criminal charges against settlers or soldiers, despite their well-documented violations against Palestinians...
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