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Satellite Images Reveal US-Israeli Strikes Destroy 800 Iranian Sites

7/3/2026

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Planet Labs Reveals Strikes

Planet Labs restored high-resolution images of nearly 800 Iranian sites after a U.S. request, revealing the strike scale.
U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian military and nuclear facilities, causing extensive damage confirmed by the new satellite imagery.
Images show destroyed hangars, ammunition depots, missile sites and runway craters at Bushehr and Esfahan.
U.S. Central Command is evaluating moving its Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi operational systems to Israel.

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Katz Prepares Strike

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced targets finalized, with air force ready to strike Iran if President Donald Trump orders.
U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian military and nuclear facilities, causing extensive damage confirmed by satellite imagery.
The strikes crippled oil, gas, petrochemical, steel, aluminium plants, power stations, water facilities and universities.
About 90 % of Iran’s underground missile sites were operational again within weeks.

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Center coverage emphasized the assessment by U.S. Central Command to relocate operational systems from Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia after Iranian attacks damaged multiple U.S. sites.
Left coverage gave less weight to that U.S. military infrastructure response, focusing instead on civilian economic damage and political warnings.

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Historical Context

On 7 June 1981 Israel launched eight F-16s, backed by U.S. intelligence, to destroy Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor, halting Baghdad’s weapons program. Decades later, after a U.S. request, Planet Labs released restored satellite images of almost 800 Iranian facilities, echoing the same reliance on aerial surveillance to confirm strike effects and shape regional security calculations.

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Planet Labs Reveals Strikes

Planet Labs restored high-resolution images of nearly 800 Iranian sites after a U.S. request, revealing the strike scale.
U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian military and nuclear facilities, causing extensive damage confirmed by the new satellite imagery.
Images show destroyed hangars, ammunition depots, missile sites and runway craters at Bushehr and Esfahan.
U.S. Central Command is evaluating moving its Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi operational systems to Israel.

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