Former IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Ronen Manlis, currently responsible for public relations at the Bnei Brak Municipality, addressed the city's situation in an interview on Kan Moreshet.

"The residents of the city see the soldiers are acting out of mutual responsibility. The goal is not to raise the percentage of haredi enlisted men and we don't know if there'll be any impact at all. The IDF will leave the city in the coming weeks."