U.S.-Israeli Airstrike Destroys Shajareh Taybah Girls' School in Minab, Iran, Killing Over 170

A devastating airstrike struck Shajareh (Shajarat) Taybah Elementary School for Girls in Minab, Hormozgan province, Iran, on February 28, killing more than 170 people and leaving witnesses to find horrific injuries among the rubble.

“Satellite images documented extensive destruction inside Shajarat Taybah Elementary School for Girls in the city of Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran, after a U”

Al-Jazeera Net

NBC News reports that airstrikes struck an elementary school in Minab in southern Iran, killing more than 170 people and that witnesses found severed children's limbs in the rubble.

Al-Jazeera Net

Al-Jazeera Net documents that satellite images show extensive damage inside Shajarat Taybah Elementary School for Girls in Minab after a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on February 28, with imagery taken March 4 showing major changes compared with pre-strike imagery.

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Attribution for the strike remains contested and under investigation; U.S. officials have not formally claimed responsibility, but preliminary U.S. findings increasingly point to the use of a U.S. munition and an American military probe is underway to determine whether the strike resulted from bad intelligence or poor targeting.

NBC reports that "The U.S. has not formally claimed the strike, but preliminary U.S. findings indicate it is increasingly likely a U.S. munition was used; an American military investigation is ongoing to determine whether the strike resulted from bad intelligence or poor targeting," and that "Trump administration officials told members of Congress in a closed briefing that the United States had been targeting that area and that Israel was not responsible."

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Al-Jazeera’s description of the incident as a "U.S.-Israeli airstrike" underscores the contested public narratives.

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Witnesses and local officials provided grisly, detailed accounts of the aftermath and offered context cited by reporting.

NBC quotes witnesses and an education ministry official saying the school "sat on a compound that had been an IRGC base until about 15 years ago," and witnesses described finding severed limbs among the rubble.

Al-Jazeera's satellite analysis corroborates significant structural damage at the school site.

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International actors and rights officials have called for urgent investigation, accountability and redress for victims.

NBC states that "U.N. human-rights chief Volker Türk urged a rapid probe, accountability and redress for victims," and that calls for answers have intensified.

Al-Jazeera Net

Al-Jazeera’s use of satellite imagery to document damage has been part of media and rights-group efforts to establish the facts on the ground.

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Key facts remain unresolved: the U.S. has not formally claimed the strike.

“TEHRAN — Nearly a week after airstrikes hit an elementary school in southern Iran, killing more than 170 people and leaving witnesses to find the severed limbs of children in the rubble, there have been increased international demands to know who was responsible and how the tragedy could happen”

NBC News

Preliminary U.S. findings suggest a U.S. munition may have been used, and the U.S. military is conducting an investigation.

NBC News

Public accounts, including Al-Jazeera’s description, label the incident a U.S.-Israeli airstrike.

Those discrepancies between official U.S. statements to lawmakers reported by NBC and media descriptions underline the current ambiguity and the need for transparent, independent probes.

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