US and Israeli strikes against Iran - 28 February 2026, Media, Maps & Timelines *NO DISCUSSION*

[SouthAussie]

Trump offers immunity to IRGC, Iranian police who ‘lay down their arms’​

Trump offers immunity to IRGC, Iranian police who ‘lay down their arms’

US President Donald Trump offered immunity to Iranian police and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[SouthAussie]

Tehran (AFP) – Heavy attacks were reported in Tehran on Friday after Israel said it was hitting "regime infrastructure" in a "new phase" of the war it launched with the United States against Iran.

Heavy attacks hit Tehran as Israel says war in 'new phase'

Heavy attacks were reported in Tehran on Friday after Israel said it was hitting "regime infrastructure" in a "new phase" of the war it launched with the United States against Iran.

www.france24.com

 

[SouthAussie]

UNICEF warns of rising child deaths in Iran war​

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603063217

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Pete Hegseth says US is ‘investigating’ deadly strike on girls’ school in Iran

US defense secretary was evasive when asked about the airstrike that Iranian officials say killed at least 165 students

Pete Hegseth says US is ‘investigating’ deadly strike on girls’ school in Iran

US defense secretary was evasive when asked about the airstrike that Iranian officials say killed at least 165 students

www.theguardian.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO

The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

news.un.org

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’

"The findings reveal that the school had been clearly separate from an adjacent military site for at least 10 years.

The investigation also shows that the strike pattern raises fundamental questions about the accuracy of intelligence information on which the bombing was based."

Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’

Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[CrimeDawg123]

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, officials tell Reuters.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029740143976833063

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

 

[JennieM]

Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals​

5 March 2026

Warning: this story contains details which some readers might find distressing

Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals

Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

52m ago
Pictures: People forced to flee from southern suburbs of Beirut as Israel strikes Lebanese capital

Displaced people at Martyrs' Square in Beirut. Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

A man with his family fleeing Israeli airstrikesbuilds a fire to keep warm along the Beirut coast.Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Children displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut rest at Martyrs' Square. Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

Displaced families seeking safety set up tents in the central square of Beirut. Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

A view of a damaged building after an Israeli strike in Beirut. Photograph: Reuters

Middle East crisis live: Israel bombards Tehran and Beirut as US says attacks to intensify

Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

The IDF carried out a wave of 26 strikes on what it describes as Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiya neighbourhood, a densely populated commercial and residential area in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The IDF had earlier issued forced evacuation orders for the whole population of Beirut’s southern suburbs – home to 500,000 people – sparking widespread panic and leading to huge queues of traffic as people tried to flee. It comes in spite of calls from world leaders including Emmanuel Macron urging Israel not to expand the war into Lebanon. According to the Lebanese health ministry, Israeli strikes have killed at least 123 people and injured 683 in Lebanon since Monday.

Middle East crisis live: Israel bombards Tehran and Beirut as US says attacks to intensify

Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

13 minutes ago
Olivia Le Poidevin

'Serious concern under international humanitarian law'​

Large scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs raise serious concerns under international law, the UN human rights chief also said.

"These blanket, massive displacement orders we are talking here about hundreds and thousands of people," Volker Turk told reporters in Geneva.

"This raises serious concern under international humanitarian law, and in particular when it comes to issues around forced transfer," he added.



26 minutes ago
Christina Anagnostopoulos

UN rights chief: 'Lebanon is becoming a key flashpoint'​

The U.N. High Commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk is speaking Geneva.

Here are some of his key remarks so far:

• "Cool heads must prevail if we are to prevent further terror and devastation for civilians"
• "Lebanon is becoming a key flashpoint. I am extremely concerned and worried about the latest developments following Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and Israel's heavy counter strikes, as well as its extensive displacement orders that have already forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. I call for an immediate cessation of hostilities."
• "We cannot afford for more powder kegs to ignite"

Iran war live: Israel targets Tehran infrastructure; India resumes buying Russian oil

A combined missile and drone operation targeted sites in the heart of Tel Aviv. Israel carried out heavy air strikes on Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut.

www.reuters.com

 

[JennieM]

1 hour ago
Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

Investigation points to US responsibility in Iran school strike​

FILE PHOTO: People mourn on the day of the funerals for victims of the school strike in Minab, March 3, 2026. West Asia News Agency via REUTERS

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that American forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, though the investigation has not reached a final conclusion.

The school in Minab in southern Iran was hit on the first day of U.S. and Israeli attacks.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said 150 students were killed, though Reuters could not independently verify the toll.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged on Wednesday that the military was investigating the incident, saying the United States does not deliberately target civilian sites.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said new evidence could still emerge that absolves the United States and points to another party.

The administration declined to directly comment on the investigation.

Deliberately attacking a school or hospital or any other civilian structure would likely be a war crime under international humanitarian law.

You can read the full Reuters exclusive here.

Iran war live: Israel targets Tehran infrastructure; India resumes buying Russian oil

A combined missile and drone operation targeted sites in the heart of Tel Aviv. Israel carried out heavy air strikes on Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut.

www.reuters.com

 

[JennieM]

22 min ago

Israel targeting Lebanon’s capital again​

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Israeli military says it’s conducting new strikes on Beirut.

Live updates: Israeli strikes pound Iran and Lebanon as US warns attacks will intensify

House lawmakers narrowly rejected a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure.

apnews.com

 

[JennieM]

17 min ago

UN rights chief pleads with warring parties to ‘give peace a chance’​

BY GEIR MOULSON

Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, says that “the world urgently needs to see steps to contain and extinguish this blaze.”

He lamented that “instead we are only seeing more inflammatory, bellicose rhetoric, more bombings, more destruction, killings and escalation, that fuels it further.”

Türk is urging the countries involved in the war “to take immediate steps to de-escalate, to give peace a chance.” And he says that other countries should “call clearly on those involved to pull back.”

Live updates: Israeli strikes pound Iran and Lebanon as US warns attacks will intensify

House lawmakers narrowly rejected a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure.

apnews.com

 

[JennieM]

Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order

Traffic jams as people leave Beirut. Israel told residents to ‘save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately’. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order

Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

28m ago

Sri Lankan president calls for peace as Iranian sailors seek refuge on island​

The president of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has urged for peace, after his country allowed an Iranian ship to dock in one of its port and allowed 200 crew members to enter the island.

Sri Lankan officials brought 208 people on the vessel to the capital Colombowhile their ship, the Irins Bushehr, was into custody in Trincomalee on the east coast.

Authorities are still searching for people who are believed missing after a US submarine torpedoed the Iranian warship Iris Dena off the Sri Lankan coast on Wednesday. Rescuers found the bodies of 84 people in oil-slicked water while 32 lives were saved. The 180-crew Iris Dena was on its way home after taking part in naval exercises hosted by India in late February, officials said.

In a statement posted on X, Dissanayakes said:

No civilian should die in wars. Our approach is that every life is as precious as our own. We jealously guard our non-aligned policy while ensuring that humanitarian values and the saving of lives remain our top priority.

What the world urgently needs today is peace. There is a real risk of a severe global economic crisis, and entire societies are facing serious and complex challenges.

We call upon all parties to demonstrate a firm commitment to peace. As a state, Sri Lanka stands ready to support every step toward ending hostilities. All our actions are aimed at saving lives and ensuring that humanity prevails.

Middle East crisis live: Israel bombards Tehran and Beirut as US says attacks to intensify

Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

18m ago

US probe of Iran school strike must 'happen very quickly', says UN rights chief​

Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, has urged the US to move “very quickly” with its investigation into a deadly strike on a school in Iran, which Tehran has blamed on the US and Israel.

Iranian officials said the attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, which happened on Saturday at the start of the US-Israeli combing campaign on Iran, killed at least 165 students.

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, continued to deny responsibility for the strike, saying it was being investigated and that Americans “never target civilian targets”.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva today, Türk said:

“What we have asked for is obviously prompt, transparent and impartialinvestigations, which we understand has been announced by the United States of America.

“We need this to happen very quickly and we need to also make sure that there is accountability as well as redress for the victims.”

Iranians attend the funeral ceremony of the victims of an airstrike on a girls school in the city of Minab, southern Iran. Photograph: EPA

Middle East crisis live: Israel bombards Tehran and Beirut as US says attacks to intensify

Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rikissa]

The Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran looks completely destroyed in pictures emerging from the warzone on Thursday morning.

Unconfirmed reports from Iran’s state broadcaster said the 12,000-seat indoor arena was hit in US-Israeli airstrikes

Inside the smoking ruins of Iran's national indoor stadium after Israeli strikes

The Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran looked completely destroyed in pictures emerging from the warzone on Thursday morning.

metro.co.uk

 

[Elley Mae]

Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroy slain Ayatollah Khamenei’s secret underground bunker

Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroy slain Ayatollah Khamenei’s secret underground bunker

Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroying slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s secret underground bunker in Tehran early Friday — just days after he was killed there.

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