('On Twitter, propagandists are claiming the kid was Hamas because Palestinian officials from that group supposedly issued recognition of him as a "martyr." They're claiming he was a Hamas terrorist in USA.' AuntBB)
(This is what the 'terrorist' did for a living over here in Tampa. He made things that made children smile. And a few adults as well.)
from his family's ice cream shop in Tampa
(That 's all the liars and messianic Zionists have, call someone a terrorist when they themselves are terrorists trying to steal land to enrich themselves. Fucking thugs backed up by liars and cretins on Twitter)
from Middle East Eye (H/T AuntBB)
Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death and fatally shot another during a coordinated assault on villagers in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
Saif al-Din Musalat, 23, died after being "severely beaten across various parts of his body", the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
Witnesses told Middle East Eye that settlers struck him in the head, abdomen and back.
While he was critically wounded, settlers held him and blocked an ambulance from reaching him for 40 minutes. He died en route to hospital.
Musalat was an American citizen. His funeral was postponed to allow his father to arrive from the United States.
The second victim, 23-year-old Muhammad Shalabi, went missing during the settler attack.
Residents later found his body among bushes, bearing gunshot wounds and facial bruises.
Witnesses said he appeared to have been beaten before being shot.
The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement.
Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, a member of the al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality, said residents were surprised by the assault as they were returning home around noon.
"Settlers attacked with stones and sticks and tried to expel the residents, including Musalat," Abdul Aziz said.
"He owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it."
According to residents, the settlers carried out the attack with extreme violence and in full view of the Israeli army, which only intervened to protect the settlers.
Amid the confrontations between residents and the settlers, Shalabi vanished in the mountainous terrain.
"At first we thought he had been arrested," said Abdul Aziz.
"But later, it became clear the Israeli army had detained someone else. That's when we began searching for him in the dark, in groups."
He was found dead late that night.
More than 25 Palestinians were injured in the attack, which residents say is part of an ongoing campaign of settler violence aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinian communities in the area.
Abdul Aziz told MEE that settlers are trying to seize an area called al-Batin.
Covering 5,600 dunams (560 hectares), al-Batin falls within Areas A and B of the occupied West Bank, zones under limited Palestinian administrative control, as defined by the Oslo Accords.
The area is home to over 50 Palestinian residents.
According to Abdul Aziz, settlers established an outpost there in May and have marked it as a target for seizure due to its strategic location.
Ayed Ghafri, an activist from the nearby Sinjil village, told MEE the area has been subjected to repeated settler violence in recent months, including the burning of homes and crops, stone-throwing and physical assaults on residents.
"The area is populated and planted with olives and figs," Ghafri said.
"But these land-grab attempts have become so frequent that they now happen weekly, and may soon become daily. Palestinians have no weapon but to remain steadfast."
Ghafri accused the Israeli military of colluding with settlers, preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded and attacking Palestinians directly.
"If your enemy is the judge, to whom do you complain?" he asked.
"This is our reality. And if it continues, we will lose vast areas of our land."
More than 700,000 Israeli settlers reside in over 250 settlements across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. These settlements are considered illegal under international law.
Settler attacks against Palestinians have spiked since the Israeli war on Gaza began in October 2023.
Last month, the UN said Israeli settler attacks have reached their highest rate in at least 20 years.
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