Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack succumbs to injuries

8 August 2015, 10:13 am
A relative holds up a photo of a one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, in a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. The boy died in the fire, his four-year-old brother and parents were wounded, according to a Palestinian official from the Nablus area. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of his injuries, a relative has said.

Last week’s firebomb attack on the family’s house in Ramallah killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. Ali’s parents and a four-year-old brother were also injured in the attack.

Nasser Dawabsheh, the toddler’s uncle, said the family was informed early today that Ali’s father, Saed, had died at Israel’s Sorroka Hospital.

He will be buried later today.

The attack prompted pledges by Israel’s government to get tougher on Jewish vigilantes who have repeatedly attacked Palestinians over the years.

Critics say Israeli authorities do little to enforce the law against militant settlers and that the military has failed to protect Palestinians against such attacks.

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