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.
מתחתנים בחניון התת קרקעי בדיזינגוף סנטר pic.twitter.com/Fy86ovFtM6
— חיים גולדברג (@haim_goldberg) March 3, 2026
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.
Love finds a way - even under missile fire.
— Embassy of Israel to the USA (@IsraelinUSA) March 4, 2026
Yesterday in Israel, a couple held their wedding inside a public bomb shelter. With large gatherings restricted, the shelter became a place not just of protection, but of celebration, shared with family, friends, and even strangers… pic.twitter.com/RWRNuBST1s
