Wartime attacks on schools

On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, providing co-located single-gender education, of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran was destroyed by a missile strike. According to witness accounts corroborated by satellite-based analyses, the area of the school was hit by multiple strikes. The roof of the school collapsed on students. 156 civilians were killed, including 120 schoolchildren. As of 15 March 2026, the attack was the deadliest strike in terms of civilian casualties in the ongoing war. Multiple independent investigations concluded that the United States was responsible for the strike.

Attack against Palestinian civillians

terrorist attack

air raid on Gestapo Copenhagen 1945

Russia's war crime

aerial attack by Israel on Egypt during the War of Attrition

1944 US attack of an Italian city in World War II

School massacre in Pennsylvania, United States

airstrike occurred in Dedebit, Tigray Region on 8 January 2022

2022 attack on school in Ukraine