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US faulted in Iran school strike in initial Pentagon review: Report

Mar 11, 2026Center

The United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an all-girls Iranian elementary school, according to preliminary findings from an ongoing military investigation. The Feb. 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building, which killed at least 175 people, most of them children, was due to a targeting error by the…

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