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U.S. Confirms Death of American in West Bank

WEST BANK, AUG 4 – Khamis Ayyad, 41, died from smoke inhalation in an arson attack by Israeli settlers amid a surge of settler violence in the West Bank, with at least five Americans killed recently.

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The U.S. State Department on Sunday confirmed an American citizen had died this week in the West Bank, with family and Palestinian officials attributing his death to arson by Israeli settlers.

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According to the U.S. government, a U.S. citizen has been killed in fire attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. "We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in the city of Silwad in the West Bank," said a spokesman for the State Department in Washington on Sunday. He did not mention the name of the killed person. Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to Palestinian information, had committed fire attacks on homes and vehicl…

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He is already the second U.S. citizen who was killed in July by settlers in the West Bank. Previously, a 20-year-old man had been beaten to death during a family visit to Sindschil.

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