Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday before the American citizen became one of two men killed on Friday by settlers in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

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Saif Musallet, an American citizen, was killed in the West Bank shortly before his 21st birthday. According to his family and eyewitnesses, Musallet was beaten to death by Israeli settlers, who also shot and killed another Palestinian man during the same incident. The Palestinian Health Ministry and United Nations have reported a high number of Palestinian deaths in the region over recent months.

Musallet's family is demanding an American-led investigation, while the US State Department has acknowledged awareness of the case but declined further comment. Israeli authorities have stated that an investigation is underway, though no arrests have been made. The incident occurred amid ongoing tensions and reports of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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In the back of an ambulance, Saif Musalit's aunt says one final goodbye. She is far from alone. Hundreds in this West Bank town have come to honor the American son, who is deeply rooted in his Palestinian community. Saif was killed on Friday, just two weeks before his 21st birthday, beaten to death by Israeli settlers, according to his family. Those settlers also shot and killed another Palestinian man in the same attack, according to eyewitnesses. It is a senseless yet all too common outcome in the West Bank. Today it is an American citizen being put to rest here, but over the course of the last 20 months of this war, nearly a thousand Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations. But today, Saif Musalit's family is demanding an American investigation into his death. We want justice. His father, Kamel, was home in Florida, where he runs an ice cream shop with his son, when he got the call that Saif had been attacked by settlers. You never think that it's your son or anything, who is this happening to. And then I got word that it was my son. He was hit, he was beaten, he lost conscience, but nobody could get to him. Ambulance couldn't come in. Why? Because the IDF restricted that. The IDF blocked that. So you hold the Israeli military just as responsible? I hold the Israeli military just as responsible as the settlers and the American government for not doing anything about this. The State Department said it is aware of Saif's death, but declined to comment further on calls for an investigation. Israeli authorities say they are investigating, but have not made any arrests. For two months now, Palestinians here say Israeli settlers have been encroaching on their land and terrorizing Palestinians who try and access it. This was the scene on Friday, as Saif and other Palestinians tried to reach their farmland. Hafez Abdel-Jabbar said he saw settlers chase after a man he would later learn was Saif. They ran up the hill, they caught Muslims, they started beating them with sticks. By the time he reached Saif's body, he was already dead. As we head to the location where Saif's body was retrieved, a white vehicle suddenly appears behind us. We have a group of settlers who are now following us in their vehicle. They've put their masks on as well, which is a concerning indication. At an intersection, the settlers get out and try to pelt our vehicle, but we manage to approach a nearby Israeli border police vehicle, and the settlers turn around. But minutes after the border police head out to search for the settlers, we are ambushed. The masked men smash the rear windshield of our car, but we manage to speed off unharmed. No, no, no. They turned. They turned. They turned. They turned. It is just a small window into the reality here. If it would have took us five more seconds, we all would have been beaten with these sticks. You think they would have beaten us? Yes, sir. But your son was also killed. In January 2024, by a settler, simply just being there barbecuing. What does that feel like, to have to constantly try and tell the world what's happening? You scream into the whole world, and the whole world is watching, simply silent, seeing all these mothers put their sons that they worked so hard to raise them up for 20 years, and you pick them up and you put them in the ground, under the sky, and the silence go on and on and on.

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