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Al Jazeera Staff

US asks Israel to probe ‘terrorist’ killing of American citizen by settlers

The funeral procession of Sayfollah Musallet near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, July 13 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has called on Israel to probe the killing of 20-year-old American citizen Sayfollah Musallet, who was beaten to death by settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling the incident a “terrorist act”.

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, said on Tuesday that he asked Israel to “aggressively investigate” the killing of the Florida-born Musallet, who was visiting family when he was attacked in the Palestinian town of Sinjil.

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