Settler who killed Palestinian family sentenced to life in prison

The killings were widely condemned by both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing it at the time as “an act of terrorism in every respect”.

Ali Dawabsheh died at the time of the attack; his father lived for a further week while his mother died five weeks after the attack. A four year old, Ahmed, survived the attack with severe burns.

Following the deaths of the Dawabsheh family, there was a spike in tension exacerbated by the stalled peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service lauded Monday’s verdict as “an important milestone in the struggle against Jewish terrorism”.

A second, underage defendant was convicted as an accessory in a plea bargain, with a sentence pending.