NABLUS, July 31, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Friday killed an 18-month-old Palestinian baby and seriously injured his entire family, during an attack that targeted two homes in the village of Duma, south of Nablus.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the West Bank, identified the baby as Ali Saeed Dawabsheh who died in the arson, which was deliberately started by Israeli settlers.

The baby’s father, Sa’ad Dawabsheh, his mother Riham and his 4-year-old brother Ahmad sustained third degree burns and were transferred to several hospitals in the city of Nablus to receive immediate medical care.

Daghlas said a group of masked people believed to be Israelis from a nearby settlement came to the village, and attacked the two homes closest to the village’s entrance. They smashed the window of the bedroom in one house and hurled a firebomb inside, burning the premises.

While Sa’ad Dawabsheh’s house was severely damaged, the other house, which belongs to Ma’moun Dawabsheh was partially torched.

Palestinians believe those behind the attack are settlers, because racist graffiti in Hebrew was spray-painted on the burnt houses.  Israeli settlers regularly mark their attacks by spray-painting extreme religious and racist slogans.

M.H