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On Thursday, the head of CENTCOM denied reports of U.S. attacks damaging civilian sites in Iran — despite evidence that the U.S. has repeatedly bombed Iranian schools and health care facilities.

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Brad Cooper, the standing commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East and parts of Central and South Asia — claimed that there was “no indication” that U.S. attacks on Iran had damaged numerous schools.

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) questioned Cooper, citing a report by The New York Times that at least 22 schools have been bombed in Iran.

Cooper, in turn, claimed that avoiding civilian casualties is a “passion” of his, and that the military “follows all the procedures” and has “gone above and beyond” to “warn the Iranian people” ahead of attacks that might harm civilians.

“If they’ve been warned, how did we then bomb 22 schools?” Gillibrand asked him.

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