The ashes of war spread hate for America

The phone call came after the first missile hit. A father in Minab, in southern Iran, was told his daughter had survived a strike on her elementary school. He headed there immediately in his car, but before he could reach her, a second missile struck. She was dead by the time he arrived. 

By the time the dust settled at Shajareh Tayyebeh that February day, at least 175 people were dead, most of them children. Evidence points to U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles using targeting data that was years out of date.

More than 100 international law scholars from Harvard, Yale and Stanford have since declared the broader U.S.-Israeli campaign a violation of the United Nations Charter. They cited Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s declaration of “no quarter, no mercy” as a statement that may itself constitute a war crime under international humanitarian law. The legal case is serious and demands a hearing.

This month, the attack on a bridge near Tehran was a first step toward strikes on infrastructure that would have devastating effects for Iranian civilians. Before the fragile ceasefire announced on April 8, President Trump threatened to destroy every Iranian power-generating plant, and obliterate the country’s water desalination systems. He said, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” 

Bombing a school with outdated intelligence is a crime stemming from negligent aloofness. Deliberately destroying a........

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