Visualising 12 days of the Israel-Iran conflict

An aggravated 12‑day struggle betwixt Israel and Iran erupted connected June 13, 2025, aft Israel launched aerial strikes connected Iranian subject and atomic sites, sidesplitting cardinal atomic scientists and subject commanders.

More than 200 Israeli combatant jets deed much than 100 atomic and subject facilities on with residential neighbourhoods crossed Iran.

Iran retaliated with hundreds of ballistic missiles against Israeli cities. In the days that followed, Israel and Iran traded missiles arsenic casualties mounted connected some sides.

The United States entered the subject clash connected June 22 with bunker-buster strikes connected Iran’s Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan atomic facilities.

A fragile ceasefire was brokered by the US connected June 24, hours aft Iran had fired missiles astatine its largest airbase successful the Middle East, based successful Qatar.

How galore radical were affected successful Iran?

According to Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, thousands of radical were injured, hundreds were killed, and nationalist infrastructure was damaged.

As of June 24:

• Total injured: 4,746, including 185 women

• Total radical killed: 610, including 49 women and 13 children. The youngest was 2 months old.

• Injured healthcare workers: 20

• Healthcare workers killed: 5

• Damaged ambulances: 9

• Damaged hospitals: 7

• Damaged wellness units: 4

• Damaged exigency bases: 6

(Al Jazeera)

In Iran, arsenic the bombardment began, thousands of Iranians tried to fly the superior and different large cities towards bluish provinces bordering the Caspian Sea.

Nearly 9 cardinal radical headed retired successful cars from the large cities, particularly Tehran.

Among them was Zein*.

Zein, 34, says helium near his location successful Tehran and headed to Kelardasht successful Mazandaran province, northbound of the capital, connected the Caspian Sea coast. The roadworthy travel took astir 16 hours successful bumper-to-bumper postulation retired of the city.

“In our area, determination are galore subject zones nearby. Because of the warnings they had given, we didn’t consciousness harmless oregon person bid of mind,” helium says. “I deliberation Tehran felt precise panicked, and we were conscionable reasoning astir getting ourselves retired of Tehran and reaching determination wherever we could consciousness much secure.”

Unlike his parents’ generation, who lived done the devastation of the Iran-Iraq warfare successful the 1980s, this was Zein’s archetypal clip experiencing specified aggravated subject conflict.

“The fearfulness of not knowing whether you’ll ever instrumentality to your location oregon not. Whether your location volition inactive beryllium determination oregon not. You person to permission your metropolis with a 1000 worries, and successful specified a terrifying situation, due to the fact that of the roads, the traffic, and the deficiency of management, you someway person to get yourself to safety,” helium says.

“And there’s nary enactment – you person to fig everything retired connected your own.”

How wide were the attacks connected Iran by Israel?

According to Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, Israel and the US launched astatine slightest 145 aerial strikes connected Iran.

The existent number whitethorn beryllium overmuch higher, arsenic different source, the Armed Conflict Location and Event information (ACLED) tabulated astatine slightest 508 aerial strikes by Israeli forces connected Iran.

How did Iran retaliate and onslaught Israel?

According to ACLED, Iran attacked Israel astatine slightest 120 times. These strikes included ballistic missiles and drones. Many were intercepted with US assistance and immoderate deed residential areas.

Iran chiefly targeted Tel Aviv and areas astir it, and 1 of the important hits was the Soroka Medical Center – a onslaught that injured dozens. Among different targets were the Israeli Military Intelligence School, the Ministry of Interior successful Haifa, the Weizmann Institute of Science, and an lipid refinery and powerfulness plants.

According to the Israeli military, Iran launched up to 1,000 ballistic missiles and drones astatine Israel, and astir 90 percent were intercepted.

How galore radical were affected successful Israel?

According to Israel’s Ministry of Health, arsenic of June 24, the fig of radical killed and injured crossed Israel was:

Total injured/hospitalised: 3,238

Total radical killed: 28

Emergency workers cheque the harm caused to a gathering from an Iranian rocket onslaught successful Beersheba, successful confederate Israel, connected June 24, 2025 [John Wessels/AFP]

The Iranian missiles and drones that were capable to marque it past Israel’s interceptors chiefly struck neighbourhoods successful Tel Aviv and Haifa, wherever determination was harm to flat buildings.

Many residents affected by the Iranian strikes from Tel Aviv to Haifa were capable to flight into weaponry shelters.

According to the Reuters quality agency, galore families with harmless rooms spent astir of the 12 days there, portion others would usage nationalist shelters whenever an alert was raised.

*Name changed to support the identity, astatine Zein’s request. 

A antheral walks with an battle weapon arsenic radical instrumentality structure astatine an underground parking store successful cardinal Tel Aviv connected June 18, 2025 amidst fears of an Iranian rocket onslaught [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]