This is how the US-Israeli strikes on Iran played out

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday afternoon that he was not pleased with the way that nuclear talks had been going with Iran.

Three hours later, he gave the order to launch the operation that would take out many of the country’s top leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of top military chiefs.

This is how the operation unfolded:

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