Palestinians bury second arson victim as accusations fly
The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack by Jewish extremists last week died from his burns Saturday, and relatives at his funeral denounced Israel for complicity in settler violence.
Thousands of mourners, many waving Palestinian flags, turned out to lay Saad Dawabsha to rest as his flag-draped body was carried by an honour guard of Palestinian security forces.
"It's a crime committed by the settlers but with the agreement of the (Israeli) occupation," relative Anwar Dawabsha said. "It isn't possible that Israel with all its army and its intelligence services still has no information on this attack," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated Saturday evening a pledge to hunt down the killers. "I wish to express my deep sorrow at the death of Saad Dawabsha," he wrote."Last week, when I visited the family in hospital, I promised to use all the means at our disposal to catch the murderers and bring them to justice, and that is what we are doing.
"Netanyahu had condemned the attack as "terrorism in every respect" and ordered a crackdown on Jewish extremism that has seen three people arrested, but no one has so far been accused of carrying out the firebombing.
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