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The West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, June 30, 2016.Mussa Qawasma, Credit: Reuters Published by Haaretz
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Sources say Israel has also decided to set up a special graveyard for Palestinian terrorists killed during attacks, thus avoiding the need to return their bodies to their families.

by Barak Ravid for Haaretz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday approved the construction of 42 housing units in the West Bank settlement in which a 13-year-old girl was killed in her bedroom.

The tender was published a year and a half ago but was frozen after no contractors applied. The bidding process is now re-opened.

Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office said that after a number of meetings in recent weeks on the topic it was decided Israel would set up a graveyard for Palestinian terrorists, and thus avoid returning their bodies to their families.

Israel has been reluctant to return the bodies of alleged assailants, citing fears their funeral processions would turn violent and glorify acts of terror.
On Thursday, Hillel Yaffa Ariel was was sleeping when the Palestinian assailant, identified as Mohammed Tra'ayra, 19, broke into her house and stabbed her, after jumping over the settlement's perimeter fence.
Netanyahu promised to strengthen the settlement during a Friday condolence call to the Ariel family. 

The spate of terror attacks will also be discussed by the security cabinet in an emergency meeting on Saturday night.

Two Israelis have been killed and six wounded in four terror attacks since Thursday. Two Palestinian assailants have also died.

In an initial response to the attacks, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Friday that Israel will immediately deduct the amount of money paid monthly by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists and their families from tax proceeds it collects on behalf of the Palestinians.