Transportation Minister Miri Regev addressed for the first time the railway malfunction that led to heavy congestion and said: "We established an investigation team that is currently working on several directions, it's unpleasant but the railway continued to operate." She noted that "malfunctions happen, we need to examine how this occurred and see how these things don't happen again. Where people need to be held accountable - people will be held accountable, where fixes are needed - we will fix."