“Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed a 6-month administrative detention order for two extreme right-wing activists, Meir Ettinger and Evyatar Slonim, in connection with their involvement in organized extremist Jewish activity”, the ministry said in a statement.
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They said that doctors at the Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv on Friday removed the respirator to which he had been attached for the previous week and that he opened his eyes and recognised those around him.
While the toddler died on the day of the attack, his father succumbed to his injuries on Saturday and was buried in an emotional ceremony attended by thousands, some of whom could be heard calling for revenge.
Despite the promises and three administrative detentions in recent days, Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups doubt there has been a real shift away from what Israeli president Reuven Rivlin conceded after the Duma attack is a “lax” attitude by the authorities towards Jewish terrorism.
Several Israelis suspected of violence against Palestinians detained in raids on settlements in the occupied West Bank. Each outposts – small, remoted Jewish settlements constructed with out authorities authorization – are situated in an space recognized for its hard-line settler inhabitants.
Israeli media quickly labeled it a “price-tag attack” – a phrase used to describe violence and vandalism carried out by settlers and their supporters to extract “a price” for any actions against them, either by Israeli soldiers or Palestinian civilians. The child’s mother, Riham, and his 4-year-old brother, Ahmed, are in critical condition in an Israeli hospital. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri would not say whether the arrests were linked to the 31 July arson attack on a Palestinian. The six-month detention periods can be renewed indefinitely. His death may raise tensions in the Palestinian Territories. Allan’s father said that Israeli authorities are threatening to force-feed his son, who has refused medicine or vitamins, only drinking water.
On August 6, four Palestinians were killed and around 30 others injured when an unexploded device left behind the Israeli army detonated in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
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In the aftermath of the attack, Netanyahu said he was shocked and had ordered Israel’s security forces to “use all means at their disposal to apprehend the murderers and bring them to justice”.
