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Father of child killed in West Bank by Jewish extremists died

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An Israeli soldier walks past a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish extremists killing an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injuring a four-year-old brother and both their parents at Kafr Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus July 31, 2015. Photo: Reuters
An Israeli soldier walks past a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish extremists killing an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injuring a four-year-old brother and both their parents at Kafr Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus July 31, 2015. Photo: Reuters

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the same incident, his family said Saturday.

In the pre-dawn attack on July 31, assailants hurled firebombs into a bedroom of the Dawabsheh family’s home in the West Bank village of Duma. Ali Dawabsheh, 18 months, perished in the flames, while his 4-year-old brother and parents were seriously hurt.

Ali’s uncle, Nasser, said the family received word early Saturday from Israel’s Soroka Medical Center that the toddler’s father, Saed, had died. Nasser Dawabsheh said the funeral would take place Saturday.

Saed Dawabsheh’s death was also confirmed by Duma’s mayor, Abdel Salam Dawabsheh.

The Soroka spokesman could not be reached for comment.

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

Several suspected Jewish extremists have been detained, but no one was directly accused of involvement in the attack.

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

Many of the attacks have been part of a so-called “price tag” tactic intended to deter the dismantling of unauthorized settlement outposts that have sprung up on West Bank hilltops over the years.

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    The Nazareth District Court transferred the indictment against two
    residents of the Druze village of Majdal Shams for participation in
    “Lynch” on the Syrian wounded.
    The site of the newspaper “Haaretz” reported that the charges brought
    against 48-year-old Bashir Mahmood, a mother of four children, and
    21-year-old Amal Abu Salah.
    According
    to the indictment, two months ago, an army ambulance brought to the
    hospital in Nahariya two Syrian citizens who have suffered as a result
    of fighting between armed rebels and the army of Bashar al-Assad.
    Ambulance were attacked first in the village of Majdal Shams, and then in the parking lot at the hotel “Rimonim” in Neve Ativ. To a place of unrest were sent extra police and the army. However, before the arrival of the military near the hotel gathered hundreds of druzes. Persons of many of the attackers were hidden by handkerchiefs. The crowd, armed with iron bars, chains and sticks, attacked the ambulance. The driver and one of the paramedics left the ambulance, one paramedic stayed with the wounded.
    51 servicemen of the battalion and paramedics attempted to free the rest in the car female paramedic. They fired several shots into the air and threw stun grenades into the crowd. This confused attackers and allowed the assistant to leave the car. The indictment states that during the evacuation of the nurses one IDF officer was injured.
    The mob dragged the wounded out of the car and started a lynch over them. The attackers went after it seemed that the two wounded men dead. Paramedics
    rushed to the aid of the Syrians, and making sure that they are still
    alive, began to provide them with medical assistance. However, once the paramedics have started resuscitation, they were again attacked by the crowd.
    According to investigators, the attack on the ambulance attended by 200 to 300 people. As part of the investigation into the incident had been detained about 30 people. However, they were released from custody.
    The investigating authorities claim that they had irrefutable evidence against the two men. This investigation is continuing and will soon be implemented further detention

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