More than 30 US senators have signed a letter demanding that the Trump administration open an independent investigation into the February killing of a 19-year-old American in the occupied West Bank, the ninth US citizen killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since 2022. Nasrallah Abu Siyam, born in Philadelphia, was shot on 18 February in the West Bank village of Mukhmas during an attack on Palestinian farmers by a group of masked settlers. The statement did not suggest the American government would be involved in the investigation, which senators demanded. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, from Seattle, was also shot in the head during a West Bank protest in 2024. Khamis al-Ayyada, 40, died of smoke inhalation in August after a fire was set by Israeli settlers in his village.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2026 22:13 UTC