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Israeli riot police officers operate in the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a surprise visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to the monthlong wave of violence that has plagued the region. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (The Associated Press)

Israeli riot police officers operate in the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a surprise visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to the monthlong wave of violence that has plagued the region. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (The Associated Press)

Israeli border police men order a Palestinian man to lift his shirt as they check him at a checkpoint before is allowed to exit the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a surprise visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to the monthlong wave of violence that has plagued the region. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (The Associated Press)

The Israeli military has demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed an Israeli woman last year.

The measure is one of the recent steps Israel has undertaken to counter a wave of attacks that have killed nine Israelis in the past month, mostly in stabbings. At least 41 Palestinians have been killed, including 20 identified by Israeli authorities as attackers. The rest died in clashes with Israeli forces.

The military says forces demolished the residence of Maher Hashlamoun early Tuesday in Hebron. Last year, Hashlamoun rammed his car into 25-year-old Dalia Lemkus in the West Bank and stabbed her several times. Hashlamon was shot and killed.

Hashlamoun's wife told Palestinian radio that soldiers evacuated their three story building and demolished the third floor apartment where her family lived.

Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner says the demolition "sends a clear message that there is a personal price to pay when you are involved in terror."