Relatives mourn during the funeral of
18-month-old Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha, who died after his
house was set on fire by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of
Duma on July 31, 2015 (AFP photo).
The
Palestinian Authority (PA) says it would take to the UN Security
Council (UNSC) the case of a recent terrorist attack that killed a
Palestinian infant and severely injured other family members in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The Authority issued a
statement on Friday, saying it would raise "the crimes and terrorism of
[Israeli] settlers against the Palestinian people" with the Security
Council.
The Palestinian baby boy was burnt to death in the early
hours of Friday, when Israeli settlers, wearing black balaclavas,
smashed a window and threw a Molotov cocktail into the parents’ bedroom
while they were asleep in their house in the West Bank village of Duma,
south of Nablus.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has held
the Israeli regime responsible for the attack, has also ordered Foreign
Minister Riyad al-Maliki to file a lawsuit with the International
Criminal Court (ICC) over the horrific incident, denouncing the “war
crimes and crimes against humanity committed each day by Israelis
against the Palestinian people.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (AFP photo)
The
UNSC has released a statement, saying its members "expressed profound
outrage and condemned in the strongest terms the vicious terrorist
attack."
The US State Department has labeled the arson a "terrible
and vicious terrorist attack" and EU foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini's office has called the attack a "cold-blooded killing."
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