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Current Issue – September 2026

Automated Warfare and Civilian Harm

The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026—one of the deadliest civilian casualty incidents in the recent conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran—raises critical questions about contemporary targeting processes and the growing role of artificial intelligence in military decision-making. This article examines the Minab strike as a case study to analyze the ethical and institutional challenges posed by increasingly data-driven and technologically accelerated warfare.

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