Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot related in an interview with Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) to the explosion that was heard over the city on Sunday night and said, "Suddenly I saw two missiles passing over me, I realized it was related to the sirens in Ashdod. There was a loud explosion above the western part of the city and very quickly I was informed that there was no rocket fired [at Bat Yam] but it was rather an interception by Iron Dome."
Brot added, "We have received reports of debris found on balconies and even in a school yard. We are conducting scans to find all the debris before the start of the school day. I will ask them to check why they did not wait with the self-destruction of the Iron Dome missile? Another 500 meters into the sea and it would have been possible to prevent friction with the public."