# Operation Epic Fury and the Deadly Strike on an Iranian School

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119878607069917549
- Source account: [@EdKrassen](https://x.com/EdKrassen)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:43
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school) On the morning of February twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six, at approximately nine forty-five AM local time, the United States, in partnership with Israel, launched Operation Epic Fury, commencing the twenty twenty-six Iran war.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=15) Within the first hour of the US Israeli offensive into southern Iran, three BGM one O nine Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from United States Navy warships impacted the elementary school between ten twenty-three and ten forty-five AM local time.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=34) Because the war was commenced mid-morning on a Saturday, the first day of the Iranian work week, students were in attendance at the school.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=43) Dep- despite an attempted evacuation of the school, at the time of the first cruise missile's impact, between a hundred and seventy and two hundred and sixty-four students were present in the facility, most of whom were girls between the ages of seven and twelve.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=59) Whereas it is unclear how many casualties were inflicted by the first impact, which caused a partial destruction of the structure and the collapse of its roof, it is reported that students were then sheltered in a prayer room deeper in the facility,

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=74) waiting for rescuers when a second and a third missile in rapid succession impacted the building.

[1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=81) Reported death tolls from the strikes on the elementary school indicate that at least a hundred and fifty-six civilians were killed, with some reports suggesting the civilian death toll surpassed a hundred and seventy.

[1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/xCqHrhH0l2EU/en/operation-epic-fury-and-the-deadly-strike-on-an-iranian-school?t=94) Those killed include at least a hundred and twenty schoolchildren, twenty-six teachers, seven parents attempting to evacuate their children.