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WATCH: Israeli couple’s wartime wedding in underground shelter

Lior and Michael decided not to postpone the happy event despite the cancellation of the planned venue.

A couple enjoys their wedding ceremony held in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv used as a protected space amid the war with Iran, March 3, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
A couple enjoys their wedding ceremony held in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv used as a protected space amid the war with Iran, March 3, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

A wedding ceremony took place on Tuesday evening in a public bomb shelter beneath Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Center shopping mall as the coastal city faced incoming ballistic missiles from Iran.

The bride and groom, Lior and Michael, were supposed to hold a traditional wedding ceremony, but the wartime restrictions against large gatherings forced them to cancel the event, Israel’s Channel 13 broadcaster reported.

The couple decided, however, not to postpone their celebration and to hold the ceremony four floors beneath the mall.

Among the concrete columns of the underground parking lot, friends and family assembled to celebrate the couple’s nuptials, including the groom’s parents who had traveled from Argentina.

Watch scenes of the wedding below.

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