Pleas of surviving relatives: The family of Ismael Jamal at-Tubasi expressed their deep grief and outrage after his killing by armed settlers in their village of ar-Reehiyya. His parents said that Ismael was a young man full of life and dreams, who had harmed no one and whose only “crime” was living on his own land under occupation. His mother wept as she said, “They took my son with one bullet to the head. He was only 23, just beginning his life. What danger could he have been to them? The settlers come armed and protected, and we are left to bury our children.” Relatives pleaded for international protection, condemning the impunity given to armed settlers who, they said, attack their villages with the support of Israeli forces. His father stated, “Ismael was not carrying a weapon. He was not fighting. He was targeted simply because he was Palestinian. The world must see what is happening to our sons and daughters. We do not want more mothers to bury their children.”