Tel Aviv Emerges From a Night of Attacks
Residents awoke to mostly quiet streets in Tel Aviv after spending the night running back and forth to bomb shelters after Iran's attacks on the coastal city. Tel Aviv's annual Pride festival, the largest in the Middle East, was canceled this weekend, leaving rainbow flags without the crowds that normally gather to celebrate beneath them. Caitlyn Jenner had flown to Tel Aviv for the event, and posted on X that she had run to the shelter three times in the night.
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