The UN’s Special Coordinator for Mideast Peace chastises Israeli authorities for what he terms “the slow progress” in bringing to justice the perpetrators behind the fatal firebombing of the Palestinian Dawabshe family in Duma four months ago.
No suspects have yet been charged in the case, which left three members of one family dead and a fourth seriously injured apparently at the hands of Jewish terrorists.
“The brutal killing of toddler Ali, and his parents Reham and Sa’ad, was a tragedy that has angered Palestinians and shocked Israelis,” Nickolay Mladenov says in a statement sent out by his spokesperson. “The incident, which was widely condemned by leaders on all sides, regrettably, has still not been resolved. I am concerned by the slow progress and call on the Israeli authorities to move swiftly in bringing the perpetrators of this terrible crime to justice.”
Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabsha lies in his hospital bed at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, August 24, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel)
Israeli officials have been criticized over the pace of the investigation, with critics noting that cases involving Palestinian terror suspects are often solved within a matter of days or weeks.
Israeli media have reported in recent days on a development in a case related to Jewish terror, but a gag order prohibits the publication of any other details of the case.
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