On the evening of 28 February 2026, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Dura, south of Hebron, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas at residents, reportedly under the pretext that stones had been thrown at them. During the operation, a Palestinian civilian was shot and critically wounded. Muhammad Jihad Masalmah, 25, was struck by live fire in the abdomen while leaving a mosque after performing Tarawih prayers. He was immediately transferred to hospital, where his condition was described as extremely critical. Footage published by yaffa_ps shows Israeli soldiers surrounding and roughly handling an injured young Palestinian man on the ground. A soldier was seen kicking the wounded Palestinian as he bleeds before ambulance transfert him to the Hospital. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Sunday, 1th of March, that Masalmah died from his wounds sustained during the raid. His death was confirmed the morning following the incursion. Masalmah’s funeral is scheduled to take place in the afternoon, with his body departing from Al-Ahli Hospital before burial in his hometown of Dura. **The Name of the martyr:** Muhammad Jihad Masalmah, 25 years old

On February 28, 2026, at 10:45 a.m., the first day of the Israel-USA attack on Iran, the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, was struck by a missile during morning classes while approximately 170 students were inside the building. The impact reduced the school to rubble, trapping many children beneath collapsed concrete structures. Local residents reportedly began rescue efforts immediately, digging through debris with their bare hands as parents searched the ruins calling out their children’s names. According to the public prosecutor’s office in Minab, at least 108 people were killed, many of them schoolgirls between seven and twelve years old. A spokesperson for the Iranian Red Crescent Society later confirmed a final death toll of 108 schoolgirls, representing more than half of the students enrolled at the school. Dozens of victims were initially reported missing following the strike. Videos circulating on social media and described as showing the immediate aftermath depict smoke rising from burned walls, debris scattered across nearby roads, and large crowds gathered at the scene in visible distress, with screams audible in the background. The Guardian reported that the footage and casualty figures could not immediately be independently verified. However, the Persian fact-checking organization Factnameh cross-referenced the video with known photographs of the school site and concluded that the footage was authentic, while Reuters also verified that the video originated from the school location. Responsibility for the strike remains unclear. A spokesperson for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that authorities were “looking into” the reports. The school is reported to be located adjacent to a Revolutionary Guards barracks, a factor that has raised questions regarding possible targeting considerations. Hossein Kermanpour, spokesperson for Iran’s health ministry, described the bombing on X as “the most bitter news” of the conflict so far, adding: “God knows how many more children’s bodies they will pull from under the rubble.” Speaking to Drop Site, Shariatmadar stated: “I cannot understand how a place where innocent children learn can be bombed like this. We are talking about small children who knew nothing of politics or wars. And yet they are the ones paying the highest price.” The strike would constitute the largest mass-casualty event of the U.S.-led attack to date and the deadliest attack on a school by bomboing or shelling in the XXe and XXIe centuries. **Geolocation** : next to Resalat Boulevard, Minab, #Iran 27.109834, 57.084748 The school appears to be adjacent (600m) to a Revolutionary Guards barracks. This proximity is used in the pro-Isreaeli propaganda to explained the airstrikes. **On March 1**, The Guardian reports that the Israeli-Us "strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media" **Statement of Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesperson for US Central Command:** The US was “aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them.” **Official Responses**: US and Israeli officials said they were unaware a school had been hit event if investigation evidence disputes these claims. **Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai statement: ** *“They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future. Today, their lives were brutally cut short. Justice and accountability must follow. All states and parties must uphold their obligations under international law to protect civilians and safeguard schools.”* **On March 3, 2026**, State media showed hundreds packing the streets of the southern city of Minab to mourn scores ⁠of girls killed in the bombing of a girls' school on the war's first day, by far the worst of several reported attacks to hit civilian targets. The girls' small coffins, draped with Iranian flags, were passed from a truck and borne by the crowd across a sea of upraised hands towards the grave site. The U.N. human rights office demanded an investigation into the strike, which its spokesperson called "absolutely horrific". **Legal & Human Rights Assessment:** Human rights monitors called the bombing a possible serious violation of international humanitarian law. Children and teachers are legally classified as protected persons in armed conflict. **Investigation piece of Al Jazeera:** Key Investigation Findings : Satellite imagery and video analysis show the school was directly struck, not damaged accidentally and two separate missile impacts were identified: one on a nearby military base, another one on the school itself. This contradicts claims that damage came from debris or secondary explosions. The school had been physically separated from the adjacent military complex since 2016. It had an independent walls, several civilian entrances, playgrounds and school facilities. It functioned as a civilian primary school for at least 10 years. Under international humanitarian law, it therefore remained a protected civilian site, even though many students were children of military personnel. Some pro-Israeli accounts claimed the site was part of an IRGC military base, but critical contradiction highlighted that the missiles hit the military base, and the school, but avoided a civilian clinic located between them that opened in 2025. This suggests attackers had accurate, updated targeting information, raising questions about Serious intelligence failure, or deliberate targeting of the school. The attackers’ ability to spare newly established adjacent facilities (such as the Martyr Absalan clinic) and their glaring failure to avoid an elementary school operating at full capacity and packed with 170 girls leaves us with two scenarios, So, the evidence leaves two possible explanations, both unequivocally condemnatory: Either US and Israeli forces relied, in striking the vicinity of the Asif Brigade, on a very old, outdated intelligence target bank (dating to before 2013), which would constitute grave negligence and reckless disregard for civilian lives; or the strike was carried out deliberately and with prior knowledge to inflict maximum societal shock and undermine popular support for Iran’s military establishment. Even if this school operated as an educational institution serving families (including military families), legal classification remained civilian. At least, reverse-image searches disproved claims that destruction came from a failed Iranian missile, the viral images was traced to a different city (Zanjan). **Investigation by Nilo Tabrizy,** (author and investigative journalist who has worked extensively with open-source material to report on Iran for The Washington Post and The New York Times) About who carried out the strike. "Weapon fragments or visuals showing the exact moment of impact can often provide clues as to the type of munition used, thus revealing the country responsible. Without them, the question remains open. Information wars over this strike began quickly. Some accounts, aligned with the camp that supports the restoration of Iran’s monarchy and installing the son of the last shah, Reza Pahlavi, began confidently asserting that it was a failed rocket launch by the IRGC from the nearby base. This narrative began spreading alongside an image that posters claimed was the missile launch. This was quickly debunked by Ali Noorani on X, who confirmed that this image was actually from the town of Zanjan, roughly 800 miles away from Minab. In addition, the image that was central to the failed missile claim showed snowcapped mountains, which would not be visible in the southern town of Minab. The following day, on March 1, more pro-Pahlavi accounts then claimed that the IRGC had confessed to mistakenly bombing the school. The claim was made through a screenshot that people online said came from official Iranian state channels. But this too was debunked, this time by Jasper Nathaniel, who confirmed that the dubious assertion was posted on a Telegram channel supportive of the monarchy. A source told me that this tragic airstrike was perhaps an error on the part of the U.S. and Israel. The school is located right next to an IRGC navy base, but it’s hard to miss the brightly colored walls of the school that were visible on Google Earth as far back as eight years ago." **Weapon used:** The area was targeted by several missiles, with at least eight buildings or locations impacted. One of the videos released on March 8 shows a Tomahawk missile—a weapon used only by the United States in this conflict—striking the site after the school had already been bombed. This provides an indication of who may have been responsible for targeting the school, suggesting the strike could have been carried out by the United States rather than Israel. [https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Planet-Labs.jpg](https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Planet-Labs.jpg) Asked by a reporter from The Times on Saturday, March 8, if the United States had bombed the school, President Trump said: “No. In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.” He said, “They’re very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was standing beside Mr. Trump, said the Pentagon was investigating, “but the only side that targets civilians is Iran.” **On March 10,** Photos posted by Iranian state media show debris from the Feb. 28 Minab strike, bearing serial numbers and components consistent with a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile, potentially linking the deadly school and naval base attack to American precision-guided munitions.U.S. Tomahawk Evidence. Key components include: SDL Antenna (satellite data link) stamped with a 2014 Department of Defense contract number and manufacturer Ball Aerospace Technologies, now part of BAE Systems. Another component stamped “Made in USA”, produced by Globe Motors, Ohio, responsible for actuator motors controlling guidance fins. Trevor Ball, former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician and Bellingcat researcher, confirmed these parts match Tomahawk missile components previously documented in Yemen and Syria. Open-source databases corroborate these findings, showing identical remnants in prior conflicts.  **Double tap:** On March 4, a Middle East Eye investigation on the ground, gathering the testimonies of the victims conclued that The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye. “When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” one of the Red Crescent medics said, citing conversations he had at the time with survivors. “The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.” **On March 8, a Bellincat investigation, checked by the visual team of the New York Times,** showed that one of the weapons used during the strike of the area is a Tomahawk. "A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed. The video, uploaded on Sunday by Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency shows a Tomahawk cruise missile striking a naval base beside the school in the town of Minab on Feb. 28. The U.S. military is the only force involved in the conflict that uses Tomahawk missiles. A body of evidence assembled by The Times — including satellite imagery, social media posts and other verified videos — indicates that the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was severely damaged by a precision strike that occurred at the same time as attacks on the naval base. The base is operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps".

On February 28, 2026, a 19-year-old Palestinian, Tamer Ismail Qeisieh, from the town of Al-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, died on Saturday evening of wounds sustained after being shot by Israeli occupation forces. Qeisieh had been critically injured three days earlier by Israeli gunfire near the segregation wall adjacent to the town of Yatta. He was pronounced dead this evening as a result of his injuries. **Name of the martyr:** Tamer Ismail Qaisiya, 19

On February 28, 2026, a group of Israeli settlers backed by soliders and military armored vehicle attacked the town of Al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah, by foot and driving ATV; They seized a horse and a foal from in front of a local home. They roamed the streets near residents' homes, causing fear and disruption before stealing the two animals. Israeli occupation stormed the town to provide protection for the settlers. This happened while warning sirens were sounding across the country following Iran being attacked by Israel and the United States, and the Iranian retaliation.

On February 27, 2026, Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks Friday on villages south of Nablus, targeting property and clashing with residents and foreign activists, according to local officials and medical sources. The assaults were concentrated in the villages of Jalud and Qusra, where settlers allegedly set fire to buildings and threw stones at homes in the outskirts of the village and set fire to a storage facility and a vehicle belonging to resident Imad Hammoud. The blaze caused damage before residents were able to bring it under control. Settlers also hurled stones at several homes, shattering windows and causing property damage. Just before this pogrom, the settlers passed through Qusra, were they assaulted two foreign activists. They were injured in the Ras Al-Ain area of the village, local sources said. Previously on February 25, 2026, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents in the Wadi area in Jalud, prompting several young men to confront them and leading to confrontations. One vehicles were damaged by rocks.

On February 27, 2026 **Northern Gaza:** Hossam Abu Khousa, 43, was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Atatra area of Beit Lahia. **Central Gaza:** At dawn, five Palestinians were killed and several more were wounded in Israeli shelling in central and southern Gaza. **Southern Gaza:** An Israeli military drone targeted a tent inside a school sheltering displaced persons in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex, killing one and injuring several others. The Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the arrival of one fatality and three injured individuals following an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced civilians near the hospital, west of the city.

**Gaza City:** At approximately 1:00 p.m. today in Gaza, Israel carried out a terrorist strike, killing two Palestinians in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City: Mohammad Fares Abu Jabal and Ali Fadel al-Burdini. **Southern Gaza:** The martyr Hassan Abdulrahman Al-Lahham (45 years old) arrived at Nasser Medical Complex from the Qizan Rashwan area, after being shot by fire from a ‘quadcopter’ drone south of the city of Khan Younis. A fourth Palestinian, Ahmad Yahia Rasras, died today from wounds sustained earlier. Additionally, the body of a woman was recovered in Khan Younis. Her identity has not yet been confirmed. **Martys names:** 1. Mohammad Fares Abu Jabal 2. Ali Fadel al-Burdini 3. Hasan Abdel-Rahman al-Laham

On February 24, 2026, during the night, dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian hamlet of Susiya in the southern West Bank, in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills carried out a pogrom. The attack happened around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to timestamps from two security cameras in the village of Susiya in the southern West Bank. They attacked homes and cars with stones, and set fire to three tents, a pre-fab, chicken coops and cars at several spots throughout the village. Footage showed roughly two dozen settlers dressed in black entering the hamlet. Some poured what appeared to be flammable liquid from white bottles onto a truck before setting it on fire, while others threw rocks at homes, vehicles, and cameras, smashing a windshield. Another camera angle showed settlers beating a car with clubs and one person attempting to kick in the door of a caravan. Footage also shows a group of settlers trying to damage cameras to prevent documentation of the attack. None of the assailants were detained. 4 houses and 2 vehicles were set on fire. Settlers used rocks, clubs, and flammable liquid to burn vehicles and damage property, according to security footage. Residents said about 30 settlers were involved; no arrests were immediately reported, though Israeli authorities said an investigation was opened. The house of the citizen Ahmed Jabr Nawajaa was burnt, and a private vehicle owned by the citizen: Khader Nawajaa, which led to 4 citizens suffering from suffocation, and they were treated in the field. A resident, Fatima Al-Nawaja, said her family’s truck and a caravan were burned while they hid inside their home watching events unfold on the security feed. By morning, the truck was completely destroyed. Israeli authorities said soldiers and police were sent after reports of fire and that an investigation was opened, but they did not confirm arrests. Palestinian residents said they believe the attacks are meant to pressure them to leave the area, though they insist they will rebuild and stay despite fear among children and families. The area has a history of settler violence and was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land; a previous attack there injured one of the film’s directors, Hamdan Ballal. About 300 people live in the village, half of them minors. They are subjected to daily violence by settlers and the military, with the backing of all Israeli state authorities. A delegation of European diplomats visited the village the next day. **Testimony of kivsa shchora from the Masafering account**: Shortly after the end of the iftar meal, dozens of settlers stormed the village and carried out coordinated arson attacks at four locations. A residential tent, a house’s entrance gate, a chicken coop (in which all but one of the chickens were burned alive) a truck, and a car were set on fire, and the windows of another vehicle were smashed. Many residents suffered from smoke inhalation. According to testimonies from residents, the settlers who took part in the attack returned directly afterward to the Ancient Susya outpost. The village of Susya is subjected almost daily to attacks and harassment by the State of Israel. When settlers invade the village and assault its residents, they do so as part of a broader strategy aimed at expelling the community by military and police abuse, government support and legal apartheid. When an entire society participates in and supports the genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, it is no surprise that children growing up in Israel are educated to burn the homes of members of that same people in the West Bank. **Statement of he European Union Delegation to the Palestinians: ** *"We are appalled by the violent settler attack last night on the village of Susya, Masafer Yatta. The attack is one too many in a long series of attacks over the past year, including a recent raid on the Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal’s home and family. This highlights the alarming pressure on Palestinian communities and human rights defenders. It also exemplifies the expanding problem of settler violence across the West Bank, where Palestinians are forced to leave their homes and perpetrators are not held accountable. It is high time for justice and we call on Israeli authorities to act in accordance with their responsibilities as the occupying power."* EU diplomat Alexander Stutzman condemned the incident after visiting the site, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has characterized settler violence as the work of a small extremist minority even as his government expands settlements.

On Saturday, February 21, Israeli forces carried out multiple attacks on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. In the afternoon, following an assault by settlers on the neighborhood, soldiers fired at a vehicle, breaking its windows, and injured a 14-year-old boy with live ammunition while he tried to confront the attackers. Later that evening, during a military incursion into Beit Furik, 17-year-old Mohamad Wahbi Abdul Aziz Hanani was critically injured after being shot in the head and later died. Another boy, 16 years old, was shot in the foot. According to Amjad Ahmad, director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s ambulance and emergency center in Nablus, both victims were transported to Rafidia Governmental Hospital. Reports indicate that Israeli forces reinvaded Beit Furik after midnight with multiple military vehicles, firing tear gas, concussion grenades, and flares, while earlier in the day soldiers had opened fire on a citizen’s vehicle and assaulted its driver. **Statement of Directorate of Education in Nablus:** We mourn the student martyr Muhammad Wahbi Abdul Aziz Hanani, a twelfth-grade student at the boys’ secondary school in Beit Furik, who fell today. **According to Defence for Children - Palestine:** Mohammad Wahbi Abdulaziz Hanani, 17, had just finished evening prayers in the Zalmout Mosque in the Palestinian town of Beit Furik around 8:20 p.m. on February 21 when Israeli forces in heavily armored military vehicles arrived in the area, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. Mohammad and other young Palestinians allegedly threw stones toward the military vehicles for about two minutes before Israeli forces opened fire, striking Mohammad in the head from a distance of about 40 meters (131 feet). Soldiers rushed toward Mohammad, who had collapsed on the ground, and searched the area before an Israeli military ambulance arrived and its military paramedics began to administer first aid. A few minutes later, a Palestinian ambulance arrived at the scene, and Israeli soldiers obstructed the paramedics’ access to Mohammad. After several minutes of discussion, the Israeli soldiers allowed the Palestinian paramedics to provide first aid under their supervision. At 8:30 p.m., the Palestinian ambulance transported Mohammad to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. On the way, it encountered a closed military checkpoint, delaying the trip by several minutes. Mohammad’s heart stopped in the ambulance and paramedics conducted cardiopulmonary resuscitation until they reached the hospital at 8:44 p.m. Doctors took Mohammad to the operating room where surgery was performed to clean the wound and stop the bleeding. Afterward, he was transferred to the intensive care unit, where he remained until he was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on February 22.

Qusra is a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, located south of the city of Nablus in the Nablus Governorate. It lies in Area C under full Israeli control according to the Oslo Accords and is near Israeli settlements and outposts to the south and southeast The area has faced frequent settler violence and land confiscation due to the proximity of illegal Israeli outposts such as Esh Kodesh and Ahiya. **On July 21, 2024,** A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and foreign activists working on agricultural land belonging to the town. The farmers and volunteers were plowing fields and clearing weeds when the attack occurred. At least one Palestinian farmer and one foreign activist were injured by stones and batons and taken to hospital in Nablus. **On January 2026,** settlers placed caravans on the lands of the village of Qusra, harassing the residents on a daily basis. One of the Palestinian families left. **On February 27, 2026**, a group of settler militias brutally attacked Israeli activists in the village of Qusra in the Nablus District, West Bank. Two were injured by sticks and hospitalized in moderate condition. The settlers assaulted foreign activists who were present to support and protect local Palestinian residents in the Ras al-Ayn area, wounding two. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) sources confirmed that its crews provided first aid treatment to a 71-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man whom were injured by colonists before rushing them to a hospital. **According to a [B'tselem statement,](https://x.com/btselem/status/2027388372038119613)** these pogroms are "carried out with full backing, participation, and assistance from state authorities, as part of a strategy of Israel’s apartheid regime seeking to advance and complete the takeover of Palestinian land. In a video documenting the beginning of the attack, filmed by one of the activists, the assailants can be seen arriving in a Polaris Ranger all terrain vehicle, which was most likely provided to them by the Israeli government. Dozens of such vehicles have been distributed over the past two years by the Ministry of Settlement to outposts across the West Bank, and settlers regularly use them as vehicles that enable rapid access to carry out violent attacks almost anywhere." On March 10, 2026, the three suspects in the assault on activists from "Looking the Occupation” in Qusra have been released. According to a statement of Mistaclim *"The police didn’t even request an extension of their detention despite having all the evidence. The president condemned it, the army issued a weak response, the media was shocked, and yet another violent incident committed by Jews disappears. The attackers remain free. Under the cover of the war (against Lebanon and Iran), Jewish terrorism is raising its head. The weakness of the police strengthens the Israeli terrorists. A state that boasts impressive technological capabilities thousands kilometers from its borders cannot — or does not want to — stop the terror of its own sons and daughters. The weakness of the police and the security forces is policy not a mistake. The blood of the injured is on the hands of the government ministers and the one who stands at its head."* **On March 8,** in an effort to strengthen their oppression and silence protest, Israeli forces positioned around a house that was turned into a military barracks. At least two residents were interrogated and later released.