Herzog mourns victims on ‘painful and difficult morning’ after deadly terror attack

President Isaac Herzog laments “a painful and difficult morning” and offers a message of strength following the deadly shooting attack at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem.

“Innocent citizens, children and adults, were murdered and injured in cold blood on a bus in the streets of a city at the hands of evil terrorists,” he writes in a Hebrew-language post on X, offering condolences to the families of the five murdered victims and wishing a full recovery to those injured.

“The shocking attack reminds us time and again that we are fighting absolute evil,” he continues, adding that “The world must understand what we are facing.”

“It must also internalize that terrorism will never subdue us and will not achieve its goals. The people of Israel are strong. The people of Israel live,” he says.