A one-and-a-half year-old Palestinian
infant was burned to death and three of his family members were
seriously wounded late Thursday night after a house was set on fire in
the village of Douma, near Nablus.
According to reports, settlers were those who set
the house on fire after targeting it with firebombs and graffiti. The
Israeli military called the attack "Jewish terror," while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials echoed the claim, vehemently condenming the attack
At roughly 4 am Friday morning, two masked men
arrived at two homes in the village of Douma, not far from the
settlement of Migdalim. They spray painted graffiti reading "revenge"
and "long live the Messiah" in Hebrew, breaking the windows of the homes
and throwing two firebombs inside. One of the two homes was empty at
the time, but there was a family in the second: the child that died, Ali
Saad Daobasa, his father Sa'ad, mother Reham, and 4-year-old Ahmed.
The four were evacuated to a hospital in Nablus in
the West Bank and then to the burn unit at Sheba Medical Center, Tel
Hashomer.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed a Palestinian
toddler was burned to death, and that Jewish extremists are suspected to
be behind the attack.
"This attack against Palestinian civilians is a
barbaric act of terrorism," IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner
tweeted soon after the attack. Forces are combing the area in attempt to
find the perpetrators.
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