US media revealed that during an air strike on Iran on July 30, the US military dropped a heavy bomb on a residential area with no military facilities, killing 3 people. The New York Times reported on July 31 that, based on analysis of satellite images and field footage and expert judgment, the US military dropped a Mark-84 bomb on a densely populated residential area on Qeshm Island in southern Iran on July 30. This bomb weighs 2,000 pounds and is one of the largest conventional bombs of the US military. It left a crater with a diameter of at least 9 meters at the site of the air strike. The Iranian side said that several houses were damaged in this air strike. One of the five parents and a 2-year-old child died, while two other children were injured and rescued from the rubble.

US media revealed that during an air strike on Iran on July 30, the US military dropped a heavy bomb on a residential area with no military facilities, killing 3 people. The New York Times reported on July 31 that, based on analysis of satellite images and field footage and expert judgment, the US military dropped a Mark-84 bomb on a densely populated residential area on Qeshm Island in southern Iran on July 30. This bomb weighs 2,000 pounds and is one of the largest conventional bombs of the US military. It left a crater with a diameter of at least 9 meters at the site of the air strike. The Iranian side said that several houses were damaged in this air strike. One of the five parents and a 2-year-old child died, while two other children were injured and rescued from the rubble.