(260228) -- TEL AVIV, Feb. 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People take shelters at a metro station in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 28, 2026. The Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command has issued civil defense directives as air raid sirens sounded in multiple areas nationwide, urging residents to take shelter.
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched "major combat operations" against Iran after the recent U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva failed to yield a deal to avert the crisis. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)
