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In any other year, Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square would be crowded with revelers on the Jewish holiday of Purim. But this year, air raid sirens are sending Israelis to shelters instead.

Nonstop Iranian missile fire has sent residents of central Israel scrambling in and out of shelters throughout the day.

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People across the country took cover from Iran’s retaliatory strikes. “Oh, I did not miss this sound,” one woman said of the air raid alerts.

Jews across Israel gathered in bomb shelters to mark the holiday of Purim as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks.

A Friday report from Jewish Insider alleged that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, liked social media posts celebrating Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Israel attacked oil facilities in Tehran overnight, causing large explosions, in an expansion of its strikes to energy infrastructure. Iran told Tehran residents there was no fuel shortage following the Israeli strikes.