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A woman takes shelter beneath a lookout point in Jerusalem on Saturday.Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images

Photos: Israelis seek shelter as Iran launches retaliatory strikes

Sirens rang out across major cities across the country, and civilians sought shelter wherever they could find it.

Civilians across Israel raced to find shelter on Saturday morning as air-raid sirens rang out across major cities to warn of retaliatory strikes from Iran.

In the cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, men, women and children were pictured running into buildings to escape the threat of rocket attacks from Iran following Israeli and U.S. strikes on the Islamic Republic overnight.

Beaches, boardwalks and hospitals emptied out as underground parking lots and overpasses filled up. Citizens were seen sprinting toward vacant buildings as security personnel wheeled patients away from exposed wards to the underground parking lot.

President Donald Trump urged Iranians on February 28 to take over their government as US forces began a large-scale attack on the country's military.
A man carrying two children running in Tel Aviv. Jack Guez / AFP - Getty Images
President Donald Trump urged Iranians on February 28 to take over their government as US forces began a large-scale attack on the country's military.
People hide out under an overpass in Tel Aviv.Ilia Yefimovich / AFP - Getty Images
Israel's military announced they identified missiles launched from Iran towards Israel
A woman with a small child shelters beneath a freeway bridge near Latrun, Israel. Amir Cohen / Reuters
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People take shelter in Ashkelon in southern Israel. Amir Cohen / Reuters
The Israeli military said its strikes on Iran, in coordination with the United States, targeted dozens of military sites and followed months of joint planning between the allies.
A girl runs along a street as sirens sound in Jerusalem.John Wessels / AFP - Getty Images
President Donald Trump urged Iranians on February 28 to take over their government as US forces began a large-scale attack on the country's military.
Israeli security personnel move patients at Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv after the sirens sounded.Jack Guez / AFP - Getty Images

Beaches emptied out in Tel Aviv, and boardwalks were hastily taped off by police as people found themselves exposed midway through their morning.

And in the northern city of Haifa, surfers quickly came out of the water as air-raid sirens sounded.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran must not be allowed to gain nuclear arms and urged Israelis to "stand together" after Israel and the United States launched strikes against the Islamic republic on February 28.
A surfer walks along a road in Haifa.Jalaa Marey / AFP - Getty Images
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Three people walk on an otherwise empty beach in Tel Aviv on Saturday.Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
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A couple carries their child to a shelter in the coastal city of Haifa. Leo Correa / AP
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Two women stand inside a shelter in Haifa.Leo Correa / AP
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A police officer tapes off the beachfront in Haifa in northern Israel.Leo Correa / AP
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A runner on an empty boardwalk in Tel Aviv.Oded Balilty / AP
Israelis gather in a bomb shelter after missiles were launched towards Israel from Iran, in Tel Aviv
Israelis gather in a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv.Tomer Appelbaum / Reuters
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A man sits in his car with his dog as he waits to take shelter in an underground parking lot in Haifa. Leo Correa / AP