Funeral held for Palestinian-American dead in the West Bank while Gaza Fuego’s fire conversations

A funeral was held on Sunday for a Palestinian-American and his friend who were Killed at the West Bank occupied by Israel.

Saifullah Kamel Musallet, 20, Native of Tampa, Florida, was killed in a confrontation with settlers While protecting the land of his family in the city of Singjil, north of Ramallah, according to his family and the Palestinian Ministry of Health. His family told News themezone that he was destined to return to Florida this week after visiting the family.

Musallet’s friend, Mohammed al-Shalabi, was shot in the chest, according to the Ministry of Health.

On Sunday, their bodies were transported by the streets of Al-Mazraa A-Sharqiya, a city to the south where they were killed. The mourners, stirring Palestinian flags, sang “God is great.”

“He worked in his family’s ice cream shop in Tampa and was loved by so many people there. He was always friendly and compassionate,” Musallet’s cousin Fatmah Musallet told News, who owns southern California, on Saturday.

The United States Department of State Department spokesman confirmed on Saturday to News themezone that an American citizen died in the West Bank on Friday, but sent questions about any investigation into the incident to Israel’s government. Musallet’s family, meanwhile, said he wants the United States to investigate.

“We demand that the United States Department of the United States lead immediate investigation and hold the Israeli settlers who killed Saif responsible for their crimes,” said the family’s statement.

Israel’s army has said that the Palestinians threw rocks to the Israelis in the area on Friday, slightly wounding two people and activating a larger confrontation.

Violence in the West Bank It is increasing, with Israeli settlers expanding their efforts to occupy land in the controversial region. The Palestinians and rights groups have long accused the army of Ignore the violence of the settlers.

Musallet is the fifth American to be killed in the West Bank since the beginning of the Israel-Ahamas War on October 7, 2023.

Gaza Cesefire conversations are dragged

Meanwhile, Israel and Hamas did not seem closer to an advance in Conversations aimed at stopping the 21 -month war and release some Israeli hostages. Indirect conversations about an US proposal for a 60 -day fire started a week ago in Doha, Qatar.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He was in Washington last week To discuss the agreement with the Trump administration, but a new conflict point on the deployment of Israeli troops during the truce has emerged, asking questions about the viability of a new agreement, said News.

Israel wants to maintain strength in what he says is an important land corridor in southern Gaza. Hamas sees the insistence on the troops in that strip of earth as an indication that Israel intends to continue the war once a temporary fire expires.

In a statement on Sunday, the Netanyahu office criticized Hamas for refusing to accept the framework of the most recent proposal, saying that the terrorist group is “making unreasonable demands.”

Israel says that only the war will end once Hamas surrenders, disarms and enters exile, something that refuses to do. Hamas says that he is willing to free all the remaining 50s, less than half it is said to be alive, in exchange for an end of war and the total withdrawal of Israeli forces.

The 21 -month war was caused when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and kidnap 251. Many of those hostages have been released or their bodies have been recovered in high -fire or other agreements.

The retaliation offensive of Israel has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, directed by Hamas. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in their account. The United Nations and other international organizations see the figures from the Ministry of Health as the most reliable statistics on war casualties.

Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.

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