She argued that "when a vehicle with a non-Israeli license plate enters there are no compromises." But contrary to her claims, the women were traveling in a vehicle with yellow Israeli license plates. Knesset member Zvi Sukkot from the right-wing Religious Zionist Party told Ynet Sunday morning that "this is a very serious incident. I hope the police investigate. I don't like to use the word terrorism in these cases – it's a very bad incident. This is serious crime." The Al-Ja'ar family from Rahat, whose daughters were attacked, responded to Son Har-Melech's statements. "The Knesset member's words are lies to justify the harm. It's clear she is trying to twist things, but it has become evident that this attack was racially motivated and the racists who committed the assault should be arrested," the family said in a statement. Radwan Al-Ja'ar, the husband of one of the injured women, said: "There is no place for lies. The police should have arrested the criminals that same day, and what we see is recklessness and the abandonment of women. Son Har-Melech should apologize for her false statements. We were close to war, we didn't harm any Jews but helped and saved lives at the risk of our own. It's shameful that such people sit in the Knesset and defend racists." "They threw stones and blocks, broke the windows, and asked if we were from the West Bank or Gaza," recalled one of the women who was attacked in a conversation with Ynet at the hospital on Friday. "They sprayed us with tear gas, aimed a rifle at us, and said they would kill us. We were staring death in the eye. Then they set the car on fire." The Al-Ja'ar women were traveling in the car along with family members, including a 3-year-old girl. They told Ynet from Rabin Medical Center, where they are hospitalized due to head and hand injuries, that the settlers who attacked them even asked if they came from Gaza. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjrnho85r