Palestinian Authority blames Israel over burning infant

The Palestinian Authority on Friday blamed the Israeli government for the heinous crime of killing a baby in Nablus after he was burnt to death.

Nabil Abu Rdeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the Israeli government was fully responsible for the crime as it continued to support illegal Israeli settlement activities and the protection of settlers.

He blamed also the international community for its silence regarding such crimes and the impunity of terrorists and killers from punishment, together led to such incident of burning an infant to death, as well as the child Mohamed Abu Khedir in Al-Quds, who was also burnt to death in July 2014.

On Friday morning, extremist Israeli settlers torched two homes in Duma village near Nablus, killing an 18-month-old baby and severely wounding his family.