"Photographs and verified videos from the site, which the Guardian has not published due to their graphic nature, show children's bodies lying partly buried under the debris. In one video, a very small child's severed arm is pulled from the rubble. Colourful backpacks covered with blood and concrete dust sit among the ruins."
"The killing of pupils in a place dedicated to learning constitutes a grave violation of the protection afforded to schools under international humanitarian law."
"An analysis from the BBC said satellite imagery showed extensive damage to the school building and the nearby base, as well as scorch marks, which potentially indicates that the site was hit multiple times."
On March 28, the Shajareh Tayyebeh all-girls school in Minab, Iran was destroyed by a missile strike, resulting in at least 175 deaths, many of them children. The school building, previously connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps naval base, had been walled off from the military facility. Satellite imagery revealed extensive damage to both the school and nearby base with multiple impact scorch marks. Graphic images and videos documented the devastating aftermath, showing children's bodies in the rubble, bloodied backpacks, and emergency workers searching for survivors. UNESCO condemned the attack as a grave violation of international humanitarian law protections for schools.
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