Fact-Checker Iran School Hit By Tomahawk, Israel Not Known To Have It

A conflict researcher with the Dutch fact-checking organization Bellingcat told X on Sunday night that a Tomahawk missile was responsible for the February 28 attack on a military installation in Minab, Iran, which resulted in the destruction of a school and the deaths of over 165 people, primarily children. Trevor Ball posted what he claimed to be previously unseen footage of the missile hitting a building in the compound associated with the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps from Iran's Mehr News in a thorough thread. He claimed that the footage demonstrated "for the first time, that the United States (had) struck the area."Bell also included a map showing the missile's wider impact area and satellite images of the IRGC property in his thread. Images reveal that only two buildings, including a clinic, were damaged inside this red cone.

The other building looks to be a bunker coated with dirt.Washington and Tel Aviv launched hundreds of missiles at Iranian regime installations and facilities in Tehran and other major cities on February 28, the first day of the joint US-Israel war on Iran. Near the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School, one of the strikes detonated.The United Nations and human rights monitors quickly denounced the hit, which had the largest recorded number of civilian deaths since the start of the conflict.Fact-Checker: "Iran School Hit By Tomahawk, Israel Not Known To Have It"Washington and Tel Aviv launched hundreds of missiles at Iranian regime installations and facilities in Tehran and other major cities on February 28, the first day of the joint US-Israel war on Iran. World News at NDTV News Desk