Aggregate: cost and toll of the US–Israeli war on Iran from 28 Feb 2026
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This node stands for the US war on Iran, which the Pentagon calls Operation Epic Fury. It began on 28 February 2026 with US air and cruise-missile strikes alongside Israel; on the first day a US Tomahawk hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, killing about 156 civilians, 120 of them children. The Iranian rights group HRANA had verified at least 1,701 civilian deaths, including 254 children, by 7 April 2026; fighting resumed afterwards, so that figure is a dated minimum, not a final toll. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war had cost the Department of Defense about $38B by 1 August 2026. Arms makers gained new orders, such as RTX's $20.7B AMRAAM contract in September 2026. Amnesty International found JDAM components after US-Israeli strikes on Tehran neighbourhoods that killed at least 41 civilians and said they may amount to war crimes.
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On 27 February at 3:38 p.m. EST, Trump, traveling on Air Force One to Texas, authorized Operation Epic Fury.
On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the United States Armed Forces struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran with a Tomahawk missile, directly killing 156 civilians, including 120 schoolchildren
A preliminary US military investigation has found that American forces were responsible for the devastating February 28 Tomahawk missile strike that tore through an elementary school ... officers at US Central Command generated strike coordinates using outdated intelligence
At least 168 people were killed — more than 100 of them under the age of 12. ... Was artificial intelligence, including the use of the Maven Smart System, used to identify the Shajareh Tayyebeh school as a target?
CBO estimates that as of August 1, 2026, the armed conflict with Iran has cost DoD approximately $38 billion. ... The United States commenced Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026, with air and cruise missile strikes against Iran
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