Death of Omar Assad
Omar Assad (aka Omar As'ad) was an 80-year-old Palestinian-American man who died on 12 January 2022 in the custody of Israeli forces. He was detained by troops from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion at a checkpoint at the village of Jilijliya, north of Ramallah. He was handcuffed, gagged and forced to lie on his stomach for between 20 minutes and an hour, dying from a stress-induced cardiac arrest. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said U.S. officials requested "clarification" of events from Israel, saying "We support a thorough investigation into the circumstances." The Israeli authorities announced an investigation. An army report called the incident a "moral failure and poor decision-making." Subsequently, the U.S. State Department showed particular interest in the Netzah Yehuda battalion. Hady Amr, the administration's point person on Israel-Palestine, visited Assad's family and the U.S. Embassy in Israel was asked to prepare a report on the battalion. On 9 October, Israel's defense ministry said it would pay the family of the deceased 500,000 shekels (US$141,000) On 16 October, the family of the deceased said they rejected compensation offered in return for dismissing a lawsuit they had submitted before US and Israeli courts. On 10 November 2022, the Israeli military's legal authority said it is preparing to indict two officers, one who commanded the force at the checkpoint and another in charge of guarding detainees. At the end of November, Israel announced that the Netzah Yehuda battalion would be reassigned from the West Bank but denied that the move related to controversial incidents over the past year including the death of Assad. In June 2023, the Israeli military announced that soldiers involved in the detention of Omar Assad would be punished but not charged. The military advocate general said there will be no criminal prosecution because a military medic found it impossible to determine that Omar Assad's death was caused specifically by the soldiers' conduct. Following the Israeli announcement, the United States said that it is seeking more information from the Israeli government about the decision. See also 
Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022

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Palestinian American
Deaths in the Palestinian territories