Graphic detail | Tit-for-tat

The Israel-Iran standoff in maps

A visual guide to the escalating conflict

FOR MORE than a year, fighting between Israel and Iran’s network of allied militias has brought the two countries dangerously close to direct war. Recent escalations make such a confrontation more likely. Last week Iran fired around 200 missiles at Israel. Israel is now preparing its response. What comes next could draw in Gulf states and America.

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