Today, 11 July, two Palestinians were beaten to death by zionist settlers near the villages of Sinjil and Al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The victims were Saif al-Din Musallat, a US citizen, and 23-year-old Mohammad Shalabi, whose body was discovered only after a long search in the surrounding forests.

Settler groups blocked medical teams from reaching wounded young men trapped in the forests.

Forty others were injured in the same settler attacks on Sinjil, in yet another escalation of settler violence that has surged dramatically across the West Bank since October 2023.

Israeli occupation forces responded not by stopping the settlers, but by announcing the deployment of two additional battalions.

Across the West Bank, settler violence is now spinning out of control, with killings, home demolitions, displacement, and land seizures escalating by the day. To make matters worse, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has formed an armed police unit composed of illegal settlers themselves, multiplying the threat to Palestinian communities many times over.

Sinjil has been transformed into a prison by a five-meter-high metal fence built in May 2025, sealing off all but one heavily guarded entry point. The barrier has cut off farmland, destroyed livelihoods, and become a daily symbol of siege.

The Cradle Media