Schools, water, industry: What civilian targets have US, Israel, Iran hit?
Why it matters: Thousands of civilians, including 170 schoolgirls in Iran, have been killed due to strikes on civilian infrastructure.
- US and Israel are accused by Iran of thousands of strikes on civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and residential buildings, since February 28, resulting in over 2,000 deaths in Iran.
- Iran claims a US-Israeli strike on a school in Minab on February 28 killed 170 people, mostly girls aged 7-12, an attack President Donald Trump denied, though independent investigations suggest a deliberate US-manufactured missile strike.
- Israel is accused of extending its "Gaza playbook" to Lebanon and has killed over 72,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including hundreds of medics and aid workers.
- Iran has carried out retaliatory strikes on military, industrial, civilian, and energy facilities in Israel, killing at least 19 people, and attacked Gulf nations hosting US bases, resulting in at least 25 deaths.
- US and Israeli strikes have expanded to include critical civilian facilities like power and water desalination plants, prompting an Iranian response that included targeting a desalination plant in Kuwait, raising concerns for Gulf nations dependent on desalinated water.
- Iranian academic sources describe US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s universities, with the Iran University of Science and Technology and a university in Isfahan reportedly hit in late March.
The ongoing conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran has seen all parties accused of striking civilian targets, including schools, hospitals, and water infrastructure, leading to thousands of casualties and widespread destruction across the Middle East. While Iran claims over 2,000 deaths from US-Israeli strikes on 90,000 civilian sites, including a school attack denied by former President Trump, Iran has also launched retaliatory attacks on civilian and energy facilities in Israel and Gulf nations, killing at least 19 people in Israel and 25 in Gulf nations.
