At Sarona Market, Rivlin declares ‘we will overcome’

President Reuven Rivlin visits the site of yesterday’s deadly shooting terror attack in central Tel Aviv, as well as victims injured in the attack.

He begins his visit to Tel Aviv at Ichilov Hospital, where most of the victims remain hospitalized. He then proceeds to the Sarona Market shopping center “to express his support for the workers and businesses who managed to return to normal routine,” says a statement from the President’s Residence.

During his visit to the intensive care unit of Ichilov’s neurosurgery department, Rivlin and hospital director Prof. Roni Gamzu meet Assaf Bar, who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. Embracing Bar’s family and holding his hand, Rivlin assures him that “you will enjoy many more happy and good times. We cannot let them get the better of us. I am going now to where you were injured yesterday. We will continue with our lives.”

At the Sarona Market, Rivlin delivers a statement to the press.

“This is another difficult day for the people and the State of Israel, and our hearts are with those who lost their loved ones in this attack…. There is no magic solution, we must fight terror. I want to thank the hospitals, and the security services who I have no doubt will find all the right ways to deal with all those connected to this terror attack. We must remember we are a strong people, who live with a clear understanding that we will overcome.”

Rivlin adds in English, “We put our safety in the hands of the Israeli security forces. The Palestinian leadership must understand that once you let people use terror – terror is terror is terror. Let the Palestinians understand – they cannot break us, anyone who lets terror occur will find at the end of the road the terror on his doorstep.”