Ahmed Dawabsheh, the six-year-old sole survivor of an arson attack on his family in the village of Duma last summer, was taken for a solidarity visit by his grandfather Hussein to the demolished home of Hamas terrorist Abed al-Basset al-Haroub. Al-Basset carried out a shooting attack last November at the Alon Shvut intersection and murdered Ezra Schwartz, Yaakov Don, and Shadi Arafa.

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Al-Haroub was shot and killed at the scene of the attack. His home in Dir Samet, south of Hebron, was demolished by IDF forces last February.

Ahmed Dawabsheh and his grandfather visiting Hebron terrorist's home

Ahmed Dawabsheh and his grandfather

Ezra Schwartz and Yaakov Don

Ahmed was accompanied on his visit by Mohammad al-Qiq, a Hamas activist who conducted a three-month long hunger strike—and was later released—in protest of his administrative detention.

The arson attack was carried out in late July last year by three masked men who threw Molotov cocktails at two homes which were situated at the edge of Duma. One home was empty at the time of the attack, while the Dawabsheh family was asleep in the second home. The parents Reham and Saad woke up to the fire and attempted to get their children—18 month-old Ali and 5 year-old Ahmed—out of the house.

Photo: Muhammad Shinawi

Ali and both of his parents perished in the fire, leaving Ahmed, aged 6, the sole survivor of the attack. Ahmed was released from Tel Hashomer hospital only last month.

Six months after the attack, Amiram Ben-Uliel was charged with murder and a hate crime. The indictment revealed that the attack was planned in retaliation for the murder of Malachi Rosenfeld.

Ben-Uliel, the 21 year-old Jerusalem resident and father, is a known acquaintance of Meir Ettinger. Ettinger is the grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane and is described by the Shin Bet as the leader of the organization the "Revolt," which has been behind a string of Jewish terror attacks.