Israeli tanks are parked in a staging area in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Israel, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A woman walks past a cordoned-off area damaged during an airstrike in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)People take shelter as air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Israeli soldiers work on tanks at a staging area in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Palestinian Muslims offer Friday Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem, as the Old City remains closed to visitors under nationwide Home Front Command restrictions banning large gatherings amid the war with Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)An Israeli tank maneuvers in southern Lebanon is seen from northern Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Israeli security forces inspect the site struck by an Iranian missile in central Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate the festival of Purim in Jerusalem, amid the war with Iran Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)A man inspects a damaged house struck by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Hatzor HaGlilit, northern Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Israeli tanks maneuver near the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Swimmers enter the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Ultra-Orthodox children wearing costumes during the purim festival cross a street in Netanya, Israel, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)A man takes shelter in an underground metro station as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Ramat Gan, Israel Monday, March 2, 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 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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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 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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