Air strikes halt bitter political feuding ahead of elections as prominent Israelis call for a broad open-ended war

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Air raid sirens emptied Israel’s streets on Saturday and filled its bomb shelters, as the country braced for waves of Iranian attacks.

But individual fear and resignation did not temper broad political and popular support for the country’s second regional war in less than a year.