EU chief and Israeli President enters protected shelter amid sirens in Tel Aviv

European Union's (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Tel Aviv, entered a protected shelter on Friday as air-raid sirens sounded across the Israeli city amid Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas militants. The evacuation came as von der Leyen was meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. She was accompanied by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

Earlier on Friday, the EU chief shared a post on X saying that she arrived in Israel "to express our solidarity with the Israeli people in the wake of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack."