A 20-year-old American from Florida was purportedly defeated to fatality by Israeli inhabitants while seeing his household in the West Financial institution, according to Palestinian health and wellness authorities and his household.
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet was eliminated in the community of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Health And Wellness Ministry in the West Financial institution.
A 2nd male was additionally fired dead in the strikes, according to the health and wellness ministry.
Musallet was attempting to shield his household’s land from Israeli inhabitants, that bordered him for over 3 hours, obstructing the rescue from reaching him, according to his household. He passed away prior to making it to the health center, they claimed.
An area of a fencing constructed by Israeli pressures is seen bordering the West Financial institution town of Sinjil, July 9, 2025.
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He is the 5th American eliminated in the West Financial institution because the battle in between Israel and Hamas started on Oct. 7, 2023, when 1,200 Israelis were eliminated in a Hamas-led terrorist strike on southerly Israel.
Musallet was birthed in Florida, stayed in Tampa florida, and ran a service there, according to his household. He had actually taken a trip to the West Count On June 4, they claimed.
” He was a kind, tireless, and deeply-respected boy, functioning to develop his desires. Saif constructed an effective company in Tampa florida and was understood for his kindness, passion, and link to his Palestinian heritage,” his household claimed in a declaration.
An Israeli inhabitants station is seen on location beside the West Financial institution town of Sinjil, July 9, 2025.
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The Israel Protection Forces claimed it was “familiar with records pertaining to a Palestinian noncombatant eliminated and a variety of hurt Palestinians as an outcome of the fight, and they are being checked into by the ISA and Israel Cops.”
The IDF claimed rocks were tossed at Israeli inhabitants beside Sinjil, creating light injuries.
” Soon after, a fierce fight created in the location entailing Palestinians and Israeli private citizens, that included criminal damage of Palestinian residential or commercial property, arson, physical clashes, and rock tossing,” the IDF claimed.
Cinder blocks positioned by Israeli soldiers after October 7, 2023, according to regional homeowners, are seen at one of the entryways of the town, hampering gain access to for Palestinians in the West Financial institution town of Sinjil, July 9, 2025.
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Musallet’s household is requiring “the united state State Division lead an instant examination and hold the Israeli inhabitants that eliminated Musallet responsible for their criminal activities.”
” This is an inconceivable headache and oppression that no household must ever before need to encounter,” the household claimed in a declaration.
The household claimed they require “justice.”
Palestinians hurry up a hillside beside fires as they attempt to go after off Israeli inhabitants in the town of Sinjil, in the busy West Count on July 4, 2025.
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” We are ravaged that our precious Sayfollah Musallet (nicknamed Saif) was completely defeated to fatality by Israeli inhabitants while he was shielding his household’s land from inhabitants that were trying to take it,” his household claimed.
ABC Information has actually connected to the United State State Division for remark.
A united state State Division representative informed Reuters on Friday it knew the case, however that the division had no additional remark “out of regard for the personal privacy of the household and enjoyed ones” of the reported sufferer.
4 various other Americans have actually been eliminated in the West Financial Institution because Oct. 7, 2023. Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, 17, was eliminated on Jan. 19, 2024; Mohammad Alkhdour, 17, was eliminated on Feb. 10, 2024; Aysenur Eygi, 26, was eliminated on Sept. 6, 2024; and Amer Rabee, 14, was eliminated on April 6, 2025.
