Footage of the situation in the bomb shelters of Tel Aviv against the background of the Iranian attacks has been published

Israeli residents can leave their bomb shelters and go outside when the shelling from Iran temporarily stops. Journalist Elizabeth Maiskaya showed Izvestia the situation in a Tel Aviv shelter amid retaliatory Iranian attacks.

According to the journalist, the shelter has its own kitchen with a refrigerator and cooking equipment.

A Russian volunteer staying in this bomb shelter told Izvestia that he had come to Israel to participate in a program to help people. However, now the Russian, along with others, is waiting for air alarms.

As Maiskaya noted, the streets of Tel Aviv are completely empty - people are hiding.

"In principle, everything is pretty calm on the streets. Everyone is listening to the [air raid] alerts, but there is no one on the streets. <...> Everyone is now trying to be closer to the bomb shelter," she said.

The Middle East beyond the border: Israel strikes Iran

Israel launches a series of attacks on military and nuclear facilities, Tehran is preparing a response

Israel launched a preemptive strike on targets in Iran on the morning of February 28. US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has launched a large-scale military operation against Iran. He assured that "he will take care to deprive Iran of the opportunity to obtain nuclear weapons."

Later, Iran fired rockets towards Israel. Later, the US Fifth Fleet maintenance center was shelled in Bahrain. In addition, Iran attacked four US military bases in Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Against this background, the United States began evacuating some personnel from the Al-Udeid airbase in Qatar.

At the same time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a massive airstrike on military installations in western Iran. The city of Shiraz was attacked. In addition, 70,000 Israeli reservists were called up for military service.

Saradar Shekarchi, a representative of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said that the Islamic Republic holds the United States primarily responsible for launching attacks on the country's territory. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia demands that the situation around Iran be immediately brought back to a political and diplomatic settlement.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia demands that the situation around Iran be immediately brought back to a political and diplomatic settlement. As indicated in the diplomatic department, the fact that the attacks are again carried out under the guise of the resumed negotiation process deserves condemnation. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasizes that the aggressors' intentions are clear and declared by them quite openly — to destroy the constitutional order and destroy the leadership of a state they dislike, which refused to obey the dictate of force and hegemony.

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