On February 28, 2026, U.S. and Israeli forces launched nearly 900 strikes in 12 hours targeting Iranian missiles, air defenses, military infrastructure, and leadership. The initial wave of strikes killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of other officials, but it also killed about 170 people when a missile struck a girls’ school adjacent to a naval base in Minab, near Bandar Abbas.
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