Israeli settlers seize land from same Palestinian village where they killed American Sayfollah Musallet

Israeli settlers have commandeered land belonging to Palestinians from the village of Sinjil by putting mobile homes on it, Wafa news agency reported on Thursday.

The village is where American citizen Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death by Israeli settlers less than a week ago after he tried to defend his family's land from settler attacks.

Despite international condemnation after they killed the 20-year-old Palestinian-American, the settlers have continued to stake their claim in a strip of land north of the village without pushback from police or the government, to expand the illegal settlement Givat Haroeh.

The website of One Israel Fund describes the expansion plans of the Givat Haroeh, which anticipates 100 families living in the settlement this year. The illegal settlement was founded in 2003 and the website says, "settlers of this community are steadfast in their commitment to the land of Israel".

Musallet, a 20-year-old from Tampa, was killed by settlers, who along with the Israeli military prevented an ambulance coming to his rescue for three hours. His friend was also assaulted and shot by the same group.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond said that he and his team's vehicle was attacked by settlers while they were reporting on the story.