NABLUS: The farther of a Palestine toddler who was killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago by Jewish extremists, has died from wounds he suffered in the same incident.
A sleeping toddler was burned to death when the assailants set fire to two Palestinian homes early on Friday, also critically wounding the child’s 4-year-old brother and parents.
The child’s father, Saad, had been being treated for third-degree burns at an Israeli hospital, where a spokeswoman last week described his condition as “critical”.
Early on Saturday Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official for the north of the West Bank which includes the village of Duma where the Dawabsha family lived, announced the father had succumbed to his injuries.
Dawabsheh’s wife and his elder son are in Tel Hasomer hospital in critical condition.
Dawabsheh’s funeral is expected to take place later in the day in Duma, where the toddler’s final rites were performed.
Five others were also injured when the assailants threw firebombs at the house. Graffiti written in Hebrew with messages such as “revenge” and “long live the messiah” were found at the scene.
