PRESIDENT HERZOG: I am following with deep concern the serious events in Bnei Brak. Violence against security forces is a direct blow to the security of the state. There is no — and will be no — legitimacy for attacking IDF soldiers.

The IDF is the people’s army. Our soldiers, women and men alike, are the sons and daughters of us all, from every part of Israeli society. The assault on IDF female soldiers carried out by a fringe group of extremists is a grave and unacceptable act, and I strongly condemn it.