Father of murdered Palestinian toddler Dawabsha dies of injuries

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Sunday 09 Aug 2015 - 15:28 Makkah mean time-24-10-1436 (Image from Anadolu agency) West Bank, (IINA) - Saad Dawabsha, the father of a Palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, has died of injuries sustained in the incident, Anadolu Agency reported. The dead man’s brother, Nasr Dawabsha, told Anadolu Agency by phone that Saad died after eight days in Soroka medical center in the Israeli city of Beersheba. On July 31, Dawabsha was wounded in an arson attack in which his son Ali, an18-month-old infant, was burned to death. Jewish settlers had attacked the family’s home in Duma village near the southern West Bank's city of Nablus. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sharply condemned the arson attack. SM/IINA