The family of Palestinian martyr Abdel Fattah Abayat accused settlers of hanging their son inside a building in Gilo settlement, south of Jerusalem, on Wednesday.

The family reported to SAFA that their son had not previously been subjected to any harassment or threats from certain parties and had a permit to enter the occupied interior lands for work.

The family said that the martyr was on an appointment with one of his brothers to return together to their home in Handaza town, Bethlehem. After several attempts to call him, the family received a call that their son was found hanged in one of the settlement buildings.

The family accuses the settlers of killing their son, explaining that their son was tortured before he was killed in a very ugly way, which suggests that the criminal was not afraid of the consequences.

Meanwhile, the Israeli police opened an investigation into the death of Abdel Fattah.