Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Monday the construction of 300 new housing units in Dolev, a West Bank settlement, where an Israeli girl was recently killed by an improvised explosive device, APA reports citing Sputnik.
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office to submit for Planning Committee approval, at its next meeting, the establishment of a new neighbourhood in Dolev with approximately 300 new residential housing units," the prime minister's office tweeted.
Netanyahu added that Israel would continue to strengthen and develop its settlements in the region, according to his office.