PICTURES OF THE MONTH
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PICTURES OF THE MONTH
Israel-US Strike Iran: School Hit, Scores of Childern Killed
PLEASE BE ADVISED GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: February 28, 2026, Minab, Hormozgan, Iran: Black body bags at Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in southern Iran. According to Iran’s state-controlled media, at least 100 female students had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school. 'Operation Epic Fury', a joint Israeli-U.S. military operation targeted today multiple locations across Iran today, Saturday February 28, 2026. Iran has blamed the US and Israel. The US military's Central Command (Centcom) said it was looking into reports of the incident, while Israel's military said it was 'not aware' of any IDF operations in the area. The girls' school was located in Minab, near an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) base which has previously been a target. Located about 600m (1970ft) from the base of the IRGC. An official said that the school, in the town of Minab in Hormozgan province, had been 'targeted by three missile attacks'. At least 201 people have been killed in air strikes in Iran and 747 hurt since Saturday, the Iranian Red Crescent said. But it has not been able to independently verify the death toll. International news organizations are often refused visas to Iran which severely limits their ability to gather information there. Deep mistrust of the Iranian regime, however, makes official reports difficult for many to accept, and some Iranians directly blamed the regime for the attack. The school tragedy took place as the US and Israel launched wave after wave of air strikes against targets in a number of Iranian cities throughout Saturday. The attacks continued on Sunday, following the killing in an air strike of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, together with many of his senior commanders. (Credit Image: © Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance/ZUMA Press Wire)