Israeli convicted of fatal West Bank arson attack

An Israeli court has convicted a Jewish settler of murdering three members of a Palestinian family in a 2015 arson attack in the occupied West Bank.

Judges found Amiram Ben Uliel threw a firebomb into a home in the village of Duma, killing Saad and Riham Dawabsha and their 18-month-old son Ali.

Ali's brother Ahmed, who was then four, suffered severe injuries but survived.

Ben Uliel was also found guilty of attempted murder, but was acquitted of belonging to a terrorist organisation.

His lawyers said he planned to appeal against the convictions at the Supreme Court, arguing that Israeli investigators had forced him to make a false confessions.