U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, was severely beaten in the incident on Friday evening in Sinjil, north of Ramallah, the ministry said. Hussein Al-Shalabi, 23 was shot in the chest.

A 20-year-old American was allegedly beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank, according to Palestinian health officials and his family.

Palestinian-American Sayafollah Musallet was in the West Bank to defend his family's land amid growing violence in the region.