A Palestinian toddler has been
killed in an arson attack in the West Bank, suspected to have been
carried out by Jewish settlers, Israeli police say.
The 18-month-old boy was killed in the night-time attack on two homes in the village of Duma. His parents, brother and another child were injured.
Slogans in Hebrew, including the word "revenge", were found sprayed on a wall of one of the firebombed houses.
Israel's prime minister called the attack "reprehensible and horrific".
"This is an act of terrorism in every respect. The State of Israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of the perpetrators," Benjamin Netanyahu said in a tweet.
However the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, said it held the Israeli government "fully responsible for the brutal assassination" of the child, Ali Saad Dawabsha.
"This is a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism," it said.
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