An internal US military investigation has concluded that American forces likely struck a girls' elementary school in southern Iran, killing up to 168 children and their teachers, marking the deadliest single act of civilian harm in Operation Epic Fury to date.
The White House has not ruled out that US military personnel carried out the strike that, according to Iranian state media, killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers. The school, named Shajareh Tayyebeh, Arabic for 'The Good Tree,' was filled with girls aged between seven and twelve when the bombs fell on the morning of Feb. 28, 2026, the first day of the joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran.
