Israel entered the country on the fourth day on June 16, causing Israel to bomb the television headquarters in Iran’s state. Israeli forces escalated artillery bombardment in Iranian cities, according to Reuters.
This flashpoint in the long-standing Israeli conflict began on June 13 when Israel struck Iran’s uranium enrichment facility in Natanz and struck additional targets at the “center” of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programme. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “Iran’s leading nuclear scientist” was also the target.
Let’s take a look at where strikes have been reported so far and what nuclear sites look like before and after the attack.
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The Israeli military reports that it has damaged the underground area of Natanz’s Iranian uranium enrichment facility, which includes a “multi-story enrichment hall” with centrifuges, electrical rooms and additional support infrastructure. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that at least one strike was attacked by the Natantz nuclear site. In a statement, the nuclear watchdog group said it had discovered that the facility had “no rise in radiation levels.”
Points mapped below are from daily assessments provided by the War Research Institute and Critical Threat Project at the American Enterprise Institute, including confirmed airstrikes, reported airstrikes, reporting explosions with footage, and reporting explosions without footage. This data is collected from open source, including geographical visual evidence and opposition, local, and international media sources. USA Today has confirmed some, not all, of the strikes assessed by the ISW.
The following satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows Iran’s major nuclear facilities before and after the Israeli attack. Israel attacked the Shiraz electronics industry in Shiraz, Fars, on June 15, according to a key threat project at the American Enterprise Institute.
Isfahan’s Iranian ammunition factory was targeted on June 15, the project reported.
Israel also collided with a missile base that reportedly preserved solid and liquid-fueled missiles, including the Gadir site, according to the Critical Threat Project.
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Contributors to Jennifer Borresen, Kim Hjelmgaard, Joey Garrison, Shawn J. Sullivan, USA Today
This story has been updated to add new information.