Jewish extremists held over killing Palestinian child

OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: Israeli authorities said on Thursday they had arrested several alleged Jewish extremists over the July firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank that killed a mother, father and 18-month-old Ali Dawabshe.
The announcement of the arrests comes as Israel faced mounting pressure to bring the attackers to justice, with a UN Middle East envoy on Wednesday expressing concern over the “slow progress” in the probe.
“We have confirmed that a number of suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place in Duma,” Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
The Shin Bet domestic security agency said arrests had been made in recent days of young men “suspected of belonging to a Jewish terror organisation and carrying out terror attacks.”
It said in a statement that those detained were being questioned over the July 31 firebombing in the West Bank village of Duma.
Further details of the investigation remained under an Israeli gag order, often used to keep details secret of sensitive investigations.