from Mondoweiss
Five lives in two weeks, and dozens of injured and wounded. The toll of Israeli settler violence on Palestinians has been rising in recent weeks as rampages against Palestinian towns and villages continue to escalate, especially in the region east of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.
On June 25, Israeli settlers killed three Palestinians in the village of Kufr Malik, east of Ramallah. The attack came two days after a 15-year-old teenager from the village was killed by Israeli forces. Last Saturday, July 12, Israeli settlers attacked the village of Sinjil, ten minutes away from Kufr Malik, in the dozens, rampaging through the village. The attack resulted in the killing of two Palestinians, one of them a U.S. citizen.
Sayfollah Musallat, 20, came from his hometown of Mazraa Sharqiyeh, alongside dozens of Palestinians to help the people of Sinjil push back the settlers’ attack. The young man went missing and was found hours later severely beaten. He was pronounced dead shortly after.
Dyaa Karakra, an ambulance driver, was also among the people who came from nearby villages to help the people of Sinjil during the settler attack...
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