Israeli settlers brutally killed 20-year-old Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet in the West Bank town of Sinjil on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health and his family said.

According to multiple reports, Musallet was in the West Bank visiting relatives, and was supposed to head back to Tampa, Florida over the weekend, where he lives.

The Palestinian-American was trying to protect his family’s land in Sinji when he was beaten to death, according to a statement released by his family.

“brutally beaten to death by Israeli settlers while he was protecting the family’s land from settlers who were attempting to steal it,” a statement from his family read. “Israeli settlers surrounded Saif for over three hours as paramedics attempted to reach him, but the mob of settlers blocked the ambulance and paramedics from providing life-saving aid.”

The family also said that Musallet died “before making it to the hospital.”

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