In an unusual statement, the US ambassador describes the killing of a young man by settlers as a terrorist act

SadaNews Translation - The US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, described tonight, Tuesday, the act of settlers killing the Palestinian young man, American citizen Seif al-Din Maslat, near Sinjel close to Ramallah a few days ago, as a terrorist act.

Huckabee wrote in a tweet on the "X" platform, according to SadaNews translation, that he requested Israel to conduct a serious investigation into the killing of Seif Maslat, the American citizen who was visiting his family in Sinjel when he was beaten to death.

He added: Those responsible for this criminal and terrorist act must be held accountable... Seif was only twenty years old.

This tweet is surprising for many observers, even though it came days after the incident.

It is worth mentioning that Huckabee is one of the staunch supporters of Israel and the settlements, and he adopts biblical terms used by settlement leaders in their statements.