{"id":41605,"date":"2025-08-03T15:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/palestinian-american-dies-of-smoke-inhalation-in-west-bank-after-settlers-set-fires-to-cars-homes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:25:31","slug":"palestinian-american-dies-of-smoke-inhalation-in-west-bank-after-settlers-set-fires-to-cars-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/palestinian-american-dies-of-smoke-inhalation-in-west-bank-after-settlers-set-fires-to-cars-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian-American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A Palestinian American died in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Israeli-occupied West Bank<\/a> last week after a confrontation with settlers, U.S. officials confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Khamis Ayyad, who was in his 40s, died Thursday from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village in the central West Bank near several Israeli settlements, a U.S. official told CBS News. The Palestinian health ministry said on Friday that the fires were set by settlers on homes and vehicles in Silwad, according to the Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/ec83cd1a-3849-429c-8ffa-08b6bf0eeab4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/1d34ff98aecab97cf88e3554a9f0d4a4\/ap25212512526984.jpg#\" alt=\"Israel Palestinians \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/ec83cd1a-3849-429c-8ffa-08b6bf0eeab4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/1d34ff98aecab97cf88e3554a9f0d4a4\/ap25212512526984.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/ec83cd1a-3849-429c-8ffa-08b6bf0eeab4\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/aa53a319a7aff01ae8c1c6d27916e8f8\/ap25212512526984.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Haleema Ayyad, mother of slain Palestinian American Khamis Ayyad, holds a mobile phone with her son&#8217;s photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Nasser Nasser \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News the death on Sunday and condemned what they called &#8220;criminal violence by any party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We offer condolences to the family on their loss and are providing consular assistance to them,&#8221; the spokesperson said, adding that they would not be commenting further.<\/p>\n<p>Ayyad was laid to rest on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/2866823f-3fbc-4d58-bb31-0003ff0c87f0\/thumbnail\/620x414\/6e956e1a06da2e8f9a55e4f7c5218267\/gettyimages-2227251124.jpg#\" alt=\"MIDEAST-WEST BANK-RAMALLAH-BURNT CAR \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/2866823f-3fbc-4d58-bb31-0003ff0c87f0\/thumbnail\/620x414\/6e956e1a06da2e8f9a55e4f7c5218267\/gettyimages-2227251124.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/2866823f-3fbc-4d58-bb31-0003ff0c87f0\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/930c73b4c488ece1468b9cc7cc8b5ea9\/gettyimages-2227251124.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A Palestinian inspects a burnt car following an Israeli settler attack in the village of Silwad, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 31, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Nidal Eshtayeh\/Xinhua via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority, which administers part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, told AFP that some villages around Silwad also came under attack by settlers, in which vehicles, homes and farmlands were set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said Israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas toward residents after the settlers attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s military said police were investigating the incident. They said security forces found Hebrew graffiti and a burnt vehicle at the scene but had not detained any suspects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/622c5a87-9431-4d92-b621-99a047cbdff2\/thumbnail\/620x414\/e8c06699942fe61c73515838a850472b\/gettyimages-2227131392.jpg#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/622c5a87-9431-4d92-b621-99a047cbdff2\/thumbnail\/620x414\/e8c06699942fe61c73515838a850472b\/gettyimages-2227131392.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/03\/622c5a87-9431-4d92-b621-99a047cbdff2\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/8edd7d29724f67689c98301b04cf4303\/gettyimages-2227131392.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People inspect the damage after an Israeli settler attack at dawn that torched a house and nearby cars in Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on July 31, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ZAIN JAAFAR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ayyad is the latest Palestinian American to die in the West Bank in three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a 20-year-old man from Tampa, was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-citizen-killed-west-bank-palestinians-gaza-strip-hamas-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">beaten to death by settlers<\/a><\/span> while visiting family in the West Bank in July. He was killed in a confrontation with\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israeli-settlements-and-the-expanding-divide-of-settlers-and-palestinians\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">settlers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0while protecting his family&#8217;s land in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, according to his family and the Palestinian Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who visited Gaza last week with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, has asked Israel to &#8220;aggressively investigate the murder&#8221; of Musallet, saying in a social media post that &#8220;there must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There has been a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians, as well as Palestinian militant attacks on Israelis and large-scale Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank since Hamas&#8217; Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel out of Gaza that triggered the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas-led terrorists killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, that day and abducted 251 others. They still hold 50 hostages, including around 20 still believed to be alive. Most of the others have been released in ceasefires or other deals.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s retaliatory offensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-palestinians-israel-war-hamas-latest-c8120b0100ca83134743b478523b9dd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians<\/a>, according to Gaza&#8217;s Health Ministry, which doesn&#8217;t distinguish between militants and civilians and operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.<\/p>\n<p>In Gaza on Sunday, at least 23 Palestinians seeking food were killed by Israeli forces, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites.<\/p>\n<p>Desperation has gripped the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts have warned is facing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-hunger-aid-famine-explainer-155d22f7db41bf794a1c7f4cf87bdbf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">famine<\/a>\u00a0because of Israel&#8217;s blockade and nearly two-year offensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Margaret  Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/palestinian-american-dies-smoke-inhalation-west-bank-confrontation-settlers-us-officials\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Palestinian American died in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week after a confrontation with settlers, U.S. officials confirmed. 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