Lucknow, March 3 -- Amid the joint US-Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's retaliation, it's business as usual for workers from Uttar Pradesh-about 6,000 of whom are in Israel-even as their families worry about their well-being.

These workers reveal that work has not stopped, but they seek safety in bunkers whenever sirens sound during a missile attack.

Dozens of young men from villages like Jagdishpur, which is under the Dewa police station area in Barabanki district, are employed as labourers in Israel, some in cities near Tel Aviv.

While their families back home worry about their safety, these workers have reassured them via video calls that they are safe and monitoring the situation.

More than two dozen people from Barabanki, includ...