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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel Aviv and Jason Burke in Jerusalem

‘This is round two’: attacks on Iran have broad support among unsurprised Israelis

Man with a dog, a mother and son, and a man on his mobile phone shelter in an underground car park
People take shelter in an underground car park in Tel Aviv on 28 February 2026. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

Air raid sirens emptied Israel’s streets on Saturday and filled its bomb shelters, as the country braced for waves of Iranian attacks.

But individual fear and resignation did not temper broad political and popular support for the country’s second regional war in less than a year.

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