Flights canceled. Parties scrapped. Bomb shelters full.

Just minutes after Shabbat began in Israel, sirens sounded, sending Israelis back to their shelters to await the next salvo in their country's new war with Iran.

Roughly 100 missiles were on their way from Iran, officials warned, teeing up a repeat of an April 2024 attack that marked the first direct exchange of fire between the two countries. Soon, projectiles fell across the country's center, injuring dozens of people.

Less than 24 hours had passed since Israel launched a dramatic and apparently successful strike against Iran, pummeling nuclear sites in multiple cities and assassinating a nu...