President laments ‘deeply sad and painful evening’ after Haredi protester run over by bus

By Lazar Berman

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6 January 2026, 11:35 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

President Isaac Herzog says it is a “deeply sad and painful evening” after a young Haredi was run over by a bus and killed during a demonstration.

“Violence crosses a red line in the gravest and most dangerous sense,” Herzog writes on X. “This painful evening must be a wake-up call for all of us… Now is the time to show responsibility, lower the flames, and do everything possible to prevent the next disaster before it is too late.”

He says he trusts police to conduct “a swift and thorough investigation in order to quickly bring those responsible to justice and draw conclusions.”