Duma arson attack

Duma arson attack
Dawabsheh family home after ignition
Duma is located in State of Palestine
Duma
Duma
Duma (State of Palestine)
LocationDuma, Palestine
Date31 July 2015
Attack type
Arson
WeaponsMolotov cocktail
Deaths3
Injured1
MotiveJewish terrorism

On 31 July 2015, Israeli settlers firebombed a Palestinian family home[1] in late July 2015 in the village of Duma, killing three people; 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh was burned alive in the fire, while both his parents died from their injuries within weeks.[2] On 3 January 2016, 21 year old Israeli settler Amiram Ben-Uliel was indicted for the murder, along with an Israeli minor, for participation in planning the murder. In addition, along with two others, they were both charged with one count of membership in a terrorist organization.[3][4]

In 2020, Ben-Uliel was convicted of three counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, three counts of arson and of conspiring to commit a racially motivated crime,[5] as part of a "terrorist act".[6] However, he was acquitted of the charge of being a member of a terror organization.[7][8] He was sentenced to life imprisonment.[9]

  1. ^ Zion, Ilan Ben; Gross, Judah Ari (3 December 2015). "Israel Arrests Jewish Terror Suspects in Deadly Firebombing". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 December 2016. Police and Shin Bet security service agents recently arrested multiple Jewish terror suspects who may have been involved in the fatal firebombing of the Dawabsha family home in the Palestinian village of Duma…
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference timesofisrael150910 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ מגפון (3 January 2016). "כתבי האישום בפרשת רצח דוואבשה – חשפו רשת טרור מסוכנת מאוד".
  4. ^ Kimon, Elisha Ben; Morag, Gilad; Levy, Elior (3 January 2016). "Indictments filed against two Duma arson suspects, gag order lifted". ynet.
  5. ^ Gideon Levy, 'What an Exceptional Verdict in Palestinian Family's Murder Proves About Israel's Judiciary ,' Haaretz 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ הפיגוע בדומא: בן אוליאל הורשע ברצח שלושת בני משפחת דוואבשה, on Walla!, 18 May 2018
  7. ^ Halbfinger, David M.; Rasgon, Adam (18 May 2020). "Israeli Settler Found Guilty of Murdering Palestinian Family in 2015 Arson". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  8. ^ Rasgon, Adam (14 September 2020). "Israeli Settler Gets 3 Life Sentences for Firebomb Attack on Family". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Israeli who killed Palestinian baby, parents gets life imprisonment". Reuters. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.