The funeral for 18-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsha ends in the West Bank.
His parents and brother are unable to attend as they are hospitalized, all suffering varying degrees of burns, their lives in danger, according to Israeli medical officials.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement after visiting the Dawabsha family in the hospital following an arson attack by alleged Jewish extremists in the Palestinian village of Duma, near Nablus, where the Dawabsha’s infant son Ali was killed, and the rest of the family injured, on July 31, 2015. (FLASH90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a visit to the family and condemned the attack in the strongest terms. He empathized with the family and pledged that Israel will have its “finest physicians” work to save the remainder of the Dawabsha family.
Earlier, Netanyahu called Abbas by telephone and called on both sides to join the fight against terrorism.
Since the arson attack on the Dawabsha family, there was a shooting attack on the Jewish settlement of Kochav Hashachar in the West Bank; no injuries were reported.
There have also been riots at the Qalandiya checkpoint where unconfirmed Palestinian reports say a man was killed.
The Palestinian Authority will convene in Ramallah to discuss a move to turn to the UN Security Council, calling on the international body to condemn Israel.
Palestinians carry the body of one-and-a-half year old Ali Dawabsha during his funeral in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. The infant was burned to death in an apparent ‘price tag’ attack by Jewish extremists. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)A Palestinian man mourns alongside the body of a one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsha, during his funeral in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
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