It was in Sayfollah Musallet’s genes to become a business owner. Both of his great-grandfathers came to the United States in the early 1900s as businessmen, so it was no shock to his family that Musallet spent the last year upgrading the floors, menu and tables of a Tampa ice cream shop he bought with his cousins.

Community members in Tampa gathered to honor Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen killed in the West Bank, as his family calls for justice and accountability.

Muslim groups in Florida are pressing for an investigation of a Florida-born man who was killed in the West Bank, reportedly in a clash with Israeli settlers.

Family and advocates are calling for justice after a Tampa resident visiting the West Bank was killed by Israeli settlers.

American Saifullah Kamel Musallet was meant to be headed back to Florida this week, his relatives said. He was killed in a confrontation with settlers while protecting his family's land in the town of Sinjil,