Khamis Ayyad died from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village in the central West Bank, after putting out fires set by settlers, U.S. and Palestinian officials said.

The US State Department on Sunday confirmed an American citizen had died this week in the West Bank amid growing Israeli settler violence.

PA health ministry says Khamis Ayyad, 41, died of smoke inhalation after settlers set fire to homes in village of Silwad on Thursday

The US 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. The Palestinian Authority and witnesses reported on Thursday that Israeli settlers had set fire to homes and cars in the West Bank village of Silwad,

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Palestinian Authority says some villages around Silwad also came under attack by settlers, with vehicles, homes and farmlands set ablaze.

Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday mourned 45-year-old Khamis Ayad who they said died while extinguishing fires set by Israeli settlers during an attack the night before. Witnesses said Israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas toward residents after the settlers attacked.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank town of Silwad declared a general strike after two residents were gunned down by Israeli forces during a wave of violent settler raids backed by the military.

In July, dozens of Palestinians were forcibly displaced due to settler violence or Israeli demolition policies in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. The Following is some of violations highlighted and documented by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR):

Khamis Ayyad, a husband with five children, raised his family in the Chicago area. They recently moved to his native West Bank, where his family said he was killed while trying to save lives from fires set by Israeli settlers.

Mourners attended the funeral for 40-year-old Khamis Ayad, who died after an Israeli settler arson attack in the occupied West Bank.