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'Extremist Israeli' attack: Anger grows at death of Palestinian toddler killed in firebombing | |
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Photographs have emerged of the 18-month-old child killed in an arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the West Bank. | Photographs have emerged of the 18-month-old child killed in an arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the West Bank. |
Ali Saad Dawabsha died after masked individuals reportedly threw two Molotov cocktails into his family home in Duma, near Nablus early on Friday morning. | Ali Saad Dawabsha died after masked individuals reportedly threw two Molotov cocktails into his family home in Duma, near Nablus early on Friday morning. |
The family of four were sleeping during the attack, with Ali’s father Sa’ad able to rescue four-year-old son Ahmed, who was burnt on over 60 per cent of his body, and wife Rehan, who sustained 90 per cent burns, but unable to find his youngest son. | |
Images of the toddler started to emerge as outrage over the attack, just over a year since a Palestinian teenager was killed, mounted online. | Images of the toddler started to emerge as outrage over the attack, just over a year since a Palestinian teenager was killed, mounted online. |
Israel’s defence minister confirmed the family had been taken to a hospital in nearby Nablus, but that they would be transferred to Israeli hospitals. | Israel’s defence minister confirmed the family had been taken to a hospital in nearby Nablus, but that they would be transferred to Israeli hospitals. |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “terror attack.” | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “terror attack.” |
He told the Jerusalem Post: “Israel deals harshly with terrorism, no matter who the perpetrators are”. | He told the Jerusalem Post: “Israel deals harshly with terrorism, no matter who the perpetrators are”. |
However, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) tweeted on Friday morning that they held the Israeli government “fully responsible”. | However, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) tweeted on Friday morning that they held the Israeli government “fully responsible”. |
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat called for the international community to intervene. | PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat called for the international community to intervene. |
“We call upon the international community to end its policy of empty statements and to finally do something to protect Palestinians,” he told the Jerusalem Post. | “We call upon the international community to end its policy of empty statements and to finally do something to protect Palestinians,” he told the Jerusalem Post. |