Israelis, some dressed in costumes celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded.
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Jewish men covered in prayer shawls pray in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Mourners lower the flag-draped bodies of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit into the grave during their funeral, a day after they were killed in an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, on Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Jack Schneider practices Israeli folk dancing with his partner at the beachfront of Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)A girl wears a decorative dress during the Jewish festival of Purim inside a bomb shelter synagogue in Hadera, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Israeli security forces inspect a damaged road after a missile launched from Iran struck Jerusalem, Sunday, March 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Trace of an air defense missile interception during an Iranian attack is seen over Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Paramedics evacuate wounded people from the site of a deadly Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather at the site where several people were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Rescue workers and military personnel survey the scene of a direct hit a day after an Iranian missile struck in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Rescue workers and military personnel carry a body of a victim from the scene where several people were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)People take shelter in an underground parking garage as air raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Leah Guttmann holds her son, Teddy, as other people take shelter in an underground parking garage while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)An officer from Israel’s Home Front Command searches through the rubble of a destroyed house after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)A damaged apartment is seen a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Rescue workers and military personnel operate at the scene where several people were killed in an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Rescue workers bandage a wounded man and provide first aid at the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg)
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