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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds

354 points · 307 comments · hebelehubele

  1. Wildgoose · · focus · HN ↗
    Seeing as it was a "double tap" it was clearly a deliberate target. Bomb the school, wait until officers from the nearby base with kids at the school arrive to try and rescue their daughters and hit it again. Clearly a war crime, possibly using Israeli targeting information, which clouds which State is ultimately responsible.
    1. sph · · focus · HN ↗
      Double tap? It was a triple tap: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2026_Minab_school_attack" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2026_Minab_school_attack
      1. abejfehr · · focus · HN ↗
        The page you linked says &quot;Attack type: Double tap missile strike&quot;

        Edit: it also explicitly says &quot;double tap&quot; under &quot;Events&quot; and links to the article for &quot;Double-tap strike&quot;

        1. culi · · focus · HN ↗
          I don&#x27;t think a third strike is confirmed, but I also think &quot;double-tap&quot; is more of a category meaning &quot;followup strikes to hit responders&quot; so I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if 2 followup strikes instead of 1 are still categorized as a &quot;double-tap strike&quot;. It seems like splitting hairs either way. We know that the strike caused surviving teachers&#x2F;students to congregate in a prayer hall. 40 minutes later that was hit as well killing almost everyone
        2. sph · · focus · HN ↗
          Page has been edited after my comment and changed from triple to double tap, and now they had to protect the page from vandalism.
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