US Edition'We Demand the U.S. Government Do Something': Family of Tampa Man Killed in West Bank Calls for Action
WEST BANK, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, JUL 13 – Funeral held for Saifullah Musallet and Mohammed al-Shalabi amid rising settler violence, with over 2,150 attacks recorded in the West Bank this year, Palestinian authorities said.
- Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen from Tampa, Florida, was fatally attacked during an altercation with Israeli settlers in Singjil, West Bank, on July 11, 2025.
- The attack took place amid an increase in violent incidents involving settlers in the West Bank following the October 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict, intensifying tensions after Palestinians threw stones at settlers.
- Musalet was camping with two friends when settlers attacked; another man, Hussein al-Shalabi, was shot and also died, with their bodies carried through Al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya on July 13.
- The U.S. State Department confirmed awareness of Musallet’s death, deferred investigative questions to Israel, emphasized U.S. citizen safety, and Israel’s military stated it is probing the incident.
- Musalet’s family expressed frustration over lack of accountability, demanded U.S. government action and an immediate investigation, and said his death should not be in vain amid growing safety concerns.
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Family of Tampa man killed by Israeli settlers in West Banks call for justice
Family and advocates are calling for justice after a Tampa resident visiting the West Bank was killed by Israeli settlers. The victim ran an ice cream shop in New Tampa. Hesam Musallet was the uncle of 20-year-old Sayfollah Musallet, who went by the nickname Saif. “He grew up in Port Charlotte. He went to school in Port Charlotte. I mean, he just- everybody knew him. Everybody who ever met him just fell in love with him. Because he was just so…
CNN speaks with father of American citizen killed by settlers in West Bank
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. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond spoke with Saif’s father who is demanding an American investigation into his son’s death.
'We demand the U.S. government do something': Family of Tampa man killed in West Bank calls for action
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Loved ones of a Tampa man are calling for an investigation into his death after the family said Sayfollah Musallet was killed while visiting the Middle East. According to family, the 20-year-old was spending time with loved ones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when he was beaten to death. "He and two others from his family had set up tents and were staying the night there to protect their land, and they were ambushed by a …
Anger turns toward Washington in West Bank town mourning two men
AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank: Frustration among Palestinians grew toward the United States on Sunday as mourners packed the roads to a cemetery in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Al-Mazr’a Ash-Sharqiya for the burial of two men, one of them a Palestinian American, killed by settlers. Palestinian health authorities and witnesses said Sayfollah Musallet, 21, was
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