Fox News host Laura Ingraham urged “full transparency” around Iranian school missile strike that reportedly killed “scores of children”

On March 4, Ingraham said: “If this was some horrific U.S. or Israeli mistake — and again, we have no idea — we will need to own up to it, full transparency”

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From the March 4, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle

LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): I want to be clear tonight. It is not unpatriotic to have serious concerns or even to oppose a war. Pat Buchanan opposed the war in Iraq and so did Donald Trump. Now, this is not the war in Iraq but they were both right back then. I got it wrong until around 2006 because the ultimate price of war is only borne by a tiny sliver of U.S. citizens, and six American troops have already been killed in this operation.

Four of them have been identified. From the Army Reserve, Capt. Cody Khork, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, and Sgt. Declan Coady. Families are now dealing with this heartbreak. Sgt. Declan Coady was only 20 years old.

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INGRAHAM: Those are real lives and real losses. And civilians in war die as well, and this is no different. Including children. They have been killed as well, including 165 in a strike on an Iranian school which the Pentagon is still investigating. Israel says don't look at us, it wasn't us. Now if this was some horrific U.S. or Israeli mistake — and again, we have no idea — we will need to own up to it, full transparency.

Citing “two US officials,” Reuters has reported that “military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible” for the strike.

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent ​strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation, ‌two U.S. officials told Reuters.

Reuters was unable to determine more details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the U.S. might have struck the school.

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The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters, did not rule ​out the possibility that new evidence could emerge that absolves the U.S. of responsibility and points to another responsible party in the incident.

Reuters could not determine ​how much longer the investigation would last or what evidence U.S. investigators are seeking before the assessment can be completed.

The girls' school ⁠in Minab, in southern Iran, was hit on Saturday during the first day of U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country. Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said ​the strike killed 150 students. Reuters could not independently confirm the death toll.