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Child dies after suspected Jewish extremist attack on Palestinian home Child dies after suspected Jewish extremist attack on Palestinian home
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A Palestinian child was killed and three family members critically wounded in a suspected arson attack by Jewish extremists on two homes in a West Bank village early Friday. A Palestinian child was killed and three family members critically wounded in a suspected arson attack by Jewish extremists on two homes in the West Bank village of Duma early on Friday.
18 month old Ali Saad Dawabsh reportedly burned to death, while his father and mother, Saad and Reham Dawabsh, and another son, Ahmad, 4 years old, were taken to a hospital in critical condition. Eighteen-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha reportedly burned to death, while his father and mother, Saad and Reham Dawabsha, and another son, Ahmad, 4, were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Graffiti - known as “price tag” - was found on the home that says “revenge” and “long live the messiah.” Graffiti – known as “price tag” – saying “revenge” and “long live the messiah” was found on the home.
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IDF spokesperson Peter Lerner said the “attack against Palestinian civilians is a barbaric act of terrorism.” Police described it as a ‘suspected attack with nationalist motives’. An Israel Defense Forces spokesman, Peter Lerner, said the “attack against Palestinian civilians is a barbaric act of terrorism”. Police described it as a “suspected attack with nationalist motives”.
A manhunt is currently underway to find the assailants. The IDF has set up road blocks and increased its force numbers. A search is underway to find the assailants. The IDF has set up road blocks and increased its presence.
Eyewitnesses in the village say they saw three people enter the village at around 2.10am and that there was an attempt to break into another house. Witnesses in the village said they saw three people enter the village about 2.10am and that there was an attempt to break into another house.
The arsonists broke windows and threw firebombs into the Dawabsh home. The arsonists broke windows and threw firebombs into the Dawabsha home. The family awoke as a result of the fire and escaped but did not manage to get Ali Saad out in time.
The family awoke from the fire and escaped but did not manage to get Ali Saad out in time.
The attack appears to be an act of revenge for the recent demolition of two buildings in the nearby settlement Beit El, where settlers and Israeli police clashed on Tuesday and Wednesday.The attack appears to be an act of revenge for the recent demolition of two buildings in the nearby settlement Beit El, where settlers and Israeli police clashed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said it held the Israeli government fully responsible.
“This is a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism,” he said in a statement. “We cannot separate the barbaric attack that took place in Duma last night from the recent settlement approvals by the Israeli government.”
Brigadier General Moti Elmoz told Israeli media: “I don’t remember such a grave incident in recent years. It is a crime, and there is a reason why we are calling it an act of terror.”Brigadier General Moti Elmoz told Israeli media: “I don’t remember such a grave incident in recent years. It is a crime, and there is a reason why we are calling it an act of terror.”
Prime minster Binyamin Netanyahu said: “I am shocked over this reprehensible and horrific act. This is an act of terrorism in every respect. The State of Israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are.” The Israeli prime minster, Binyamin Netanyahu, said: “I am shocked over this reprehensible and horrific act. This is an act of terrorism in every respect. The state of Israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are.”
Education Minister and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett tweeted on the attack: “Its not a hate crime or price tag, its murder. Terror is terror is terror” and called for the terrorists to be brought to tracked down immediately. The education minister and Jewish Home chairman, Naftali Bennett, tweeted on the attack: “It’s not a hate crime or price tag, it’s murder. Terror is terror is terror.” He called for the terrorists to be tracked down immediately.
It is the worst attack by suspected Israeli extremists since a Palestinian teen was torched to death in a retribution slaying for three Israelis killed by abductors a year ago. It is the worst attack by suspected Israeli extremists since a Palestinian teen was burned to death in a retribution slaying for three Israelis killed by abductors a year ago.
The “Price Tag” group has been blamed for a string of mosque torchings in the West Bank in the past few years, often in retribution for Israeli actions against illegally built settlements.The “Price Tag” group has been blamed for a string of mosque torchings in the West Bank in the past few years, often in retribution for Israeli actions against illegally built settlements.