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Posted: 2015-08-04T23:25:07Z | Updated: 2015-08-04T23:25:07Z

An arson attack on a Palestinian home on July 31 in Duma that killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and injured three other family members brought Jewish and Muslim leaders together on Monday to pray for the victims.

Ahmad Dawabsha, Alis 4-year-old brother, and his parents, Saad and Reham, are in critical condition with third degree burns and are being treated at Israels Sheba Medical Center.

A delegation of Jewish and Muslim leaders, led by former Israeli government minister Rabbi Michael Melchior, Rabbi Rafi Feurstein and Rabbi David Stav gathered outside the hospitals Pediatric Critical Care Unit to pray for Ahmad. Senior members of the Islamic Movement were also present along with Rabbi Aryeh Stern, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.

The group met with Ahmads grandfather and reiterated their solidarity with the family. We represent many rabbis and none of us are willing to stand silent in the face of such a desperate act of evil, Rabbi Stern told him, according to a press release.