Born in Florida, Saif Al-Din Musalat went to the West Bank to visit relatives. But his journey took a dramatic turning point, since he has “was violently beaten, on the whole body, by settlers“The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian Authority said. On the same day, another 23-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Rizq Hussein Al-Shalabi also lost his life in the same circumstances.
The Israeli army mentioned a “violent confrontation“After jets of stones against Israeli civilians. She also evokes”Acts of vandalism against Palestinian goods, voluntary fires, physical clashes and stones “. For its part, the family of Saif Al-Din Muslat says it was “brutally beaten to death […] While protecting the lands of his family against settlers who were trying to steal them “.
Faced with these differences, the family of the deceased asks for an American investigation to shed light on their death. In an interview with CNN, his father, Kamel Musalat wonders about the circumstances that led to this fatal outcome. “”We want justice. You never think it can happen to our child. And then I learned that it was my son. He was struck, he was beaten. He lost consciousness“He explains.
For him, Saif could have been rescued but the emergency services are blocked. “”No one could reach it. The ambulance could not enter. For what ? Because the IDF (Tsahal, the army of the State of Israel, editor’s note) has restricted access. The IDF blocked it. I hold the Israeli army just as responsible as the colonists and the American government for having done nothing about it.”
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Asked, the State Department said “be aware of the death of Saif“But did not comment on an American investigation into the causes of death. The Israeli authorities declare investigating the case but have not arrested.
The journalist of CNN Jeremy Diamond, who collected the words of Kamel Musalat in the West Bank also reveals that he and his team were tracked down and their vehicle attacked by settlers. Yet another incident that testifies to the climate of violence that reigns in the West Bank where Israeli colonists are accused of engaging in many acts of violence.