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Bat Yam
[baht yahm]
noun
a city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in W central Israel, S of Tel Aviv.
Example Sentences
Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, has long been a stronghold of support for Israel's right-wing governing coalition.
The ballistic missiles that caused the damage in Bat Yam are far more powerful than the rockets fired by Hamas and Hezbollah over the past year and half.
Avi, a 68-year old who did not want to give his surname, was born and raised in Bat Yam.
By mid-afternoon on Sunday, Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir - who was recently sanctioned by the UK government for "inciting violence against Palestinians" - arrived in Bat Yam to meet mourners.
Netanyahu also visited Bat Yam on Sunday, to chants of "Bibi, King of Israel" - a play on a popular song about the Biblical warrior King David that many Jewish children learn in school.
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