ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE-FUNERAL Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds

Record ID: 144702

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE-FUNERAL Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds
  • Date: 8th August 2015
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF BURNT PHOTOS OF PALESTINIAN FAMILY AND BABY
  • Embargoed: 23rd August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA7D6N4SEV0QYV2E9WHLFTII1JQ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday (August 8) of wounds sustained in the fire.
    Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terrorism.
    A spokeswoman for Soroka hospital in Israel where Dawabsheh had been receiving treatment said he died early on Saturday.
    Hundreds of Palestinians rallied at Dawabsheh's funeral in Duma.
    "First, we condemn this ugly crime which happened for the first time in history, people were sleeping and the "bats of the night" came upon them to burn them. A toddler was killed a week ago and his father died today, and we hope his mother and brother Ahmed recover in hospital. We ask the community and all the free people of the world to help us and stand with us and our people and we ask for protection committees for our village against the settlers," Taha Dawabsheh, a relative of the deceased father, said.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet has come under growing pressure to crack down on violent far-right Jewish groups since the attack, and the government decided to allow harsher interrogations of suspected Jewish militants with methods once reserved for Palestinian detainees.
    It also said it would start detaining citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians without a trial, another practice previously used only on Palestinian suspects.
    The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, called for the attackers to be brought swiftly to justice.
    "Political, community and religious leaders on all sides should work together and not allow extremists to escalate the situation and take control of the political agenda," he said in a statement.
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