Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave instructions Wednesday to begin the process of demolishing the home of Ala Abu Dheim, the lone gunman who slaughtered eight young students at the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem earlier this year.
Abu Dheim, a familiar face in the neighborhood of the yeshiva who used to drive local children to and from school, carried out the attack just hours before the boys were to begin a party to celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim.
After quietly carrying his weapons and ammunition into the school in a cardboard box, he burst into the library, and began firing at students who were still studying in the room, shooting the boys in the head once they were wounded to ensure their deaths.
The decision to demolish of the Abu Dheim home, in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukabar, was reached upon the recommendations of officials from the Home Front Command, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the Israel Police.
The decision allows the family seven days within which to file an appeal against the demolition with the Home Front Commander, Major-General Yair Golan.
The family will also have further recourse if Golan rejects the petition: it will then have an additional week in which to file an appeal directly with the High Court of Justice.
The government has not yet made a decision on whether to demolish the home of the first of two Arab terrorists who used bulldozers as weapons with which to murderer Israeli civilians in Jerusalem last month.