When Israel’s sparkling new light rail system opened less than two years ago, few could have imagined that hundreds of people would use the underground stations as makeshift shelters, sleeping multiple nights in the brightly-lit stations to hide from Iranian missiles.

Fearful of Iranian missiles, hundreds sleep in underground train stations near Tel Aviv

When Israel’s sparkling new light rail system opened less than two years ago, few could have imagined that hundreds of people would use the underground stations as makeshift shelters, sleeping multiple nights in the brightly-lit stations to hide from Iranian missiles.