The concrete blocks placed by the Israeli soldiers after October 7, 2023, according to local residents, are seen in one of the entrances to the Baked Sinjil village, which prevents access to the Palestinians, on July 9, 2025.
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Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank hit an American citizen until death, according to local officials, the duration of a Friday confrontation between a group of Israelis and Palestinians.
An out of the mountain and a relative of Sayfollah Musallet, 21 years confirmed his death to NPR. Musallet was born in Florida and was in the town of Sinjil this week visiting the family.
The Israeli army said a confrontation had exploded between the Palestinians and Israelis, and the authorities were investigating reports from a murdered Palestinian civilian.
A spokesman for the United States embassy confirmed the death of Musallet.
Israeli officials rarely process the accused of violence against the Palestinians, and when they do, a very small percentage in the conviction.
The United States Department of Justice has faced criticism from its own lawyers for the “obvious gap” between how the agency investigates the crimes committed by Russia and Hamas, in opposition to accusations of crimes committed by Israel and their.
From the deadly attack of October 7, 2023 by Hamas against Israel that killed some 1,200 people and resulted in the kidnapping of several hundred hundreds, the tensions between Palestinians and Israelis have been increasing, equally among the civilian population.
Israel’s response to attacks has resulted in the death of more than 55,000 Palestinians, more than half of whom were women and children, and left more than 127,000 injured.
And the siege of Israel in the region has resulted in a humanitarian crisis that has promoted health and well -being infrastructures in Gaza to the edge of collapse.
Despite the generalized conviction by some world leaders of Israel’s reprisals against Hamas, the United States continues to provide funds for the 21 -month conflict.
Last month, the Trump administration said it would dedicate $ 30 million to a program backed by Israelí to control the supplies of limited foods of Gaza that the United Nations have described as a “death trap.”
Onsing attempts to negotiate a stop fire so far have shown that it is not successful.