NYT and Bellingcat confirm U.S. Tomahawk struck Minab girls' school, killing 156

Investigations by The New York Times and Bellingcat geolocated footage and identified missile fragments at the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan province, confirming the munition as a U.S.-made UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile. The strike on February 28 — the first day of Operation Epic Fury — killed 156 people including approximately 120 schoolchildren. A preliminary U.S. military inquiry later concluded American forces were likely responsible due to stale intelligence data, constituting a targeting error.