the school had been a school since twenty sixteen the wall went up the gates opened onto a civilian street no checkpoint no guard tower just children February twenty eighth ten forty five in the morning one hour into the war the roof came down the teachers started calling parents at ten am fifteen minutes before the government told anyone to run the teachers knew something was wrong the children were still in their seats one hundred ten children sixty six boys fifty four girls ages seven to twelve twenty six teachers four parents who came to collect them and stayed the clinic between the school and the compound was not hit the missile distinguished between buildings it found the school Tomahawk used exclusively by US forces three distinct strikes triple tapped satellite imagery confirmed the wall in twenty sixteen the playground visible in twenty seventeen the New York Times confirmed it in forty eight hours Human Rights Watch confirmed it Amnesty International confirmed it Al Jazeera confirmed it the Pentagon said the incident is under investigation one hundred twenty democratic members of Congress wrote to Hegseth was Maven Smart System used to identify the Shajareh Tayyebeh school as a target if so did a human verify the accuracy the deadline was March twentieth the answer has not come there is no excuse for killing girls in a classroom the United Nations said that on the record there is no excuse for killing girls in a classroom the United Nations said that on the record there is no excuse the school's name means the good tree Shajareh Tayyebeh the good tree in Minab in the morning when the children were in their seats
