A Palestinian toddler was killed at dawn on Friday after suffering severe burns following an attack by Jewish extremists in a village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to medical sources.According to local media, the suspects entered the village of Duma where they set homes ablaze and scrawled graffiti, including "Long live the Messiah," ''revenge" and "price tag." The attackers threw fire bombs in the houses, local media reported.The toddlerwas identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Ali Dawabsheh. His four-year-old brother and parents were among the wounded, according to Gassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official from the Nablus area. "Ali Saeed Dawabsheh was burned to death after Jewish settlers attacked a house in Duma village in the West Bank's southern city of Nablus," Abed al-Rahim Susia, director of the Rafedia Hospital Center in Nablus, told Anadolu Agency (AA). "Three other family members [the child's parents and brother] arrived at the hospital suffering from second- and third-degree burns." Ghassan Daghlas said the attack was conducted by extremist Jewish settlers belonging to a militant group called Price Tag."Settlers in the Nablus area are very aggressive. They never stop attacking Palestinians in their villages and the Israeli government needs to put an end to these aggressions," Daghlas said. The attack further stoked tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu controversially approved 300 new settler homes in the West Bank. Regarding the attack, Netanyahu said he was shocked. "This is a terrorist attack. Israel takes firm action against terrorism, no matter who its perpetrators are," he said in a statement, adding that "all means" would be used to bring the assailants to justice. Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said an investigation was underway and called the attack "nothing short of a barbaric act of terrorism."However, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said it held Netanyahu's government "fully responsible" for the death of 18-month-old Dawabsha, arguing it was "a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism." The Palestinian presidency also held the Israeli government responsible for the attack. A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was responsible. "Such a crime would not have occurred if the Israeli government did not insist on pursuing settlements and protecting settlers," Nabil Abu Rdainah said in a statement on the official Palestinian WAFA news agency. Critics say police have been slow to apprehend the assailants and Palestinians say the military has failed to protect them from attacks by militant Jewish settlers in the West Bank.Jewish extremists have for years attacked Palestinian property, as well as mosques, churches and even Israeli military bases in opposition to what they see as the Israeli government's favorable policies toward Palestinians. In June, a fire ripped through one of the most famous Catholic churches in Israel, damaging the roof and burning prayer books in what authorities believe was an arson attack by Jewish extremists. Following the incident, 16 Jewish yeshiva students were arrested over suspected involvement in the attack but were released. Such attacks have been widely condemned across the political spectrum in Israel, though few arrests have been made. Last year, a group of mostly Jewish youth attacked the Church of the Multiplication's outdoor prayer area along the Sea of Galilee, pelting worshippers with stones, destroying a cross and throwing benches into a lake.Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, Palestinians have limited self-rule, but nearly 60 percent of the territory remains under full control of the Israeli military. Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law. Despite the international community's pressure on Israel against the illegal settlements, Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the immediate construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups."After consultations in the prime minister's office, the immediate construction of 300 homes in Beit El has been authorized," a statement from Netanyahu's office said, adding that planning for another 504 homes in annexed East Jerusalem had also been approved. Meanwhile, Israel reportedly approved 1,065 housing units last week in the Israeli-occupied territories, according to the Israeli settlement watchdog group Peace Now. Israel launched an offensive military attack against the Gaza Strip in July 2014, which according to official United Nations figures killed 2,104 Palestinians, including 1,462 civilians of whom 495 were children and 253 women.During the Israeli war on Gaza, 69 Israelis, including four civilians, were also killed. The Israeli Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8, 2014, and the war continued for 50 days, during which 108,000 people had their homes destroyed or severely damaged as a result of thousands of artillery and tank shells fired into mostly residential areas of Gaza. In addition, public buildings such as schools and hospitals were also among the places attacked by Israeli airstrikes.