They were journalists reporting the news. Aid workers delivering food. Peace activists protesting home demolitions. Teenagers shot at checkpoints. A 78-year-old grandfather detained and left to die. Not one of their killers has been held criminally accountable by the Israeli government. Not a single Israeli soldier or settler has faced prosecution for these deaths.
This is not a series of tragic accidents. This is systematic impunity—a decades-long pattern in which American lives are taken with complete disregard, and the U.S. government fails to demand justice. When Israeli forces kill Americans, our State Department issues statements expressing concern and promises investigations. But the investigations never come. The accountability never arrives. The pattern continues, emboldened by American silence and the flow of billions of dollars in U.S. military aid with no conditions, no consequences, and no regard for American lives.
This Body Count tracker documents every American killed by Israeli forces and settlers in Palestine since 2003—their names, their stories, the circumstances of their deaths, and the complete absence of accountability that followed. From Rachel Corrie, crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2003, to Khamis Ayyad, killed by smoke inhalation during a settler arson attack in 2025, these thirteen Americans came from communities across our nation: Washington, New Jersey, Florida, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York. They ranged in age from 14 to 78 years old. Their families deserve answers. They deserve justice. And every American traveling to the region deserves to know that their government will fight for accountability when their lives are taken by forces of a foreign government that receives more U.S. military aid than any other country in the world.
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