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A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle past the Dawabsheh family house near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 3, 2015. Members of a "Jewish terror group" have been arrested over a July arson attack on Dawabsheh home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that killed a toddler and his parents, Israeli police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini - RTX1X11R — A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle past the Dawabsha family house in Douma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Dec. 3, 2015. Members of a "Jewish terror group" have been arrested over a July arson attack on the Palestinian home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that killed a toddler and his parents, Israeli police said on Thursday. — REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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Court security guards watch as Israeli ultranationalists (R) protest against interrogation methods used by Israel's domestic security service, against suspects in a fatal arson attack in a West Bank village five months ago, during a court hearing in the case in Petah Tikva, Israel December 28, 2015. With Israel hinting indictments over the arson in the village of Duma, which killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabshe and his parents, may be imminent, some of the suspects' lawyers have accused the security agency - al

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