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Inside Israel: The calm before and after the storm

While the powers that be in Iran are under attack, Israelis make do.

Jun. 13, 2025
JNS Staff

Inside Israel: The calm before and after the storm

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Praying at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, after the entrance was closed following an Israeli attack on Iran, June 13, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Even as the Israeli Air Force struck multiple targets in Iran in the early hours of Friday morning, Israelis went about their pre-Shabbat routine. That included buying groceries, playing with their kids and taking their daily constitutional.

They’ve been through this before. And they have already been through 20 months of fighting a multifront war that began with the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, a war to the north with Hezbollah in Lebanon and ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis in Yemen, all emanating from the powers that be in Iran.

While those powers are under attack, Israelis make do, bracing themselves for more to come.

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Inside Ben-Gurion International Airport after flights were cancelled following an Israeli attack on Iran, June 13, 2025. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

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The empty streets of Tel Aviv, amid anticipation of an attack from Iran on Israel, June 13, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

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Israelis shop for food in Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

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Israelis shop for food in Israel, at the Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on June 13, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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A view of empty shops in Jerusalem’s Old City, following an Israeli attack on Iran, June 13, 2024. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

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