Party Hats and Police Tape

Jerusalem, 4 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- In a study in contrasts, Israeli emergency responders inspect a building damaged by falling shrapnel from an Iranian barrage in Kiryat Ono, as onlookers dressed in Purim costumes watch from a distance on March 3, 2026. Purim commemorates the Jewish people’s survival from a plot to exterminate them in ancient Persia, as described in the Book of Esther. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL.