Iran and Israel continue to exchange strikes five days after their long-simmering conflict hit the flashpoint. Israel's surprise attack on Tehran's nuclear program and targeted assassination of Iranian leadership kicked off a sequence of events that has left hundreds reported killed and the United States at risk of being dragged further into the war. Here's a closer look at what has unfolded since Israel's initial strikes.
The maps below are based on assessments from the The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). They include confirmed airstrikes, reported airstrikes, reports of explosion with footage, and reports of explosions without footage. The data is collected from sources including geolocated visual evidence and opposition, local and international media. USA TODAY conducted additional verification on some, but not all of the strikes.
Israel conducted the first strikes of an air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program and leadership at 11 p.m. ET, according to The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The Israeli military conducted attacks targeting Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and hit additional targets "at the heart" of the Islamic Republic's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
