BERLIN, July 31, 2015 (WAFA) – The Government of Germany Friday condemned in the strongest possible terms the arson and killing of a Palestinian toddler at the hands of Israeli settlers in Nablus at dawn. 

Described as an “inhuman act of terrorism”, the government said the brutality with which the families were attacked with incendiary devices in their homes is shocking.

In a press release published on the German Federal Foreign Office website, the government said, “We share the families’ grief over the death of a small child.'

It also welcomed Israel’s condemnation of the attack and giving “the highest priority to finding the perpetrators.”

Israeli settlers killed an 18-month-old Palestinian baby, identified as Ali Dawabsha and seriously injured his entire family, during an attack that targeted two homes in the village of Duma, south of Nablus. The attackers used highly flammable firebombs and burnt two homes; one entirely and the other partially.

The toddler’s father, Saad Dawabsha, 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 at first, then to Israel’s hospitals to receive immediate medical care.

The father and mother remain under intensive care as their injuries were described as critical.

 M.H