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Sleeping On A Subway Platform To Evade Iranian Missiles In Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv’s modern Light Rail stations serve as shelters for families amid frequent Iranian missile alerts, with 14 civilian fatalities reported across Israel, officials said.
- At a Tel Aviv Light Rail station on March 7, civilians are sleeping on platforms and in ticket halls to shelter from Iranian ballistic missiles, with trains stopped since February 28.
- The war, which began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, prompted Israeli air defenses to respond to at least two waves of missiles and activate alerts across northern Israel, including Haifa.
- The platform is filled with mattresses and families, and Aviad Apirion has slept there with his two children, aged 7 and 9, since the first night, while Indian migrant workers play chess and Moldovans camp in the ticket hall.
- The toll includes nine deaths in a single strike at Beit Shemesh about 30 kilometers west of Jerusalem, with 14 civilian fatalities as of March 9, according to reports, while Hezbollah fires drones and rockets from Lebanon.
- The network was also used during the June 2025 12-day war, and shelterers like Yousuf, 19-year-old refugee from Cote d'Ivoire, say they hope the war ends 'soon.
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Sleeping On A Subway Platform To Evade Iranian Missiles In Tel Aviv
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