Netanyahu vows to build new West Bank housing following terror attack
IDF units looking for the Ariel terrorist / IDf Spoksperson Unit
Israel will begin building 840 housing units in the West Bank town of Ariel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday following Sunday’s terror attack.
Speaking Monday at a visit to the town near which two people were killed in a terrorist attack the day before, the prime minister said, “These terrorists will not uproot us from here, the total opposite will happen.
“Tomorrow, we will begin building 840 housing units in Ariel in a new neighborhood as was approved two years ago.”
Netanyahu offered his condolences to the families of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger and Gal Keidan.
Keidan, 19, a soldier guarding Ariel junction was killed at the scene of Sunday’s terror attack. He was buried in his hometown of Beersheba on Monday morning.
Ettinger, 47, succumbed to his wounds Monday morning after doctors at Beilinson hospital fought to save his life for almost 24 hours. Ettinger was the father of 12 and was head of the Oz and Emunah Yeshiva in south Tel Aviv.
“The two people who were killed were wonderful people, I am told,’ said the prime minister. “The hearts of the entire people are with their families.”
He told the media who attended his visit that the security forces are chasing the terrorists and that he already delivered instructions to destroy their homes.
“The more they afflict us the more we will grow and flourish,” Netanyahu said. “Our power is tremendous.”
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