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.