Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said “No nation takes more precautions to ensure there’s never targeting of civilians than the United States of America,” unlike Iran.

Speaking Tuesday at the Pentagon, Hegseth added, “From the boat strikes in the Caribbean, where every single strike is assessed, to this campaign here, no nation in the history of warfare has ever attempted in every way possible to avoid civilian casualties.”

“And frankly, that’s a point that just isn’t appreciated enough. Where things happen that that need to be investigated, we will investigate,” Hegseth continued.

“But ultimately, unlike Iran, who targets civilians indiscriminately, who we’ve seen in the intel moving rocket launchers into civilian neighborhoods, near schools, near hospitals to try to prevent our ability to strike, that’s how they operate. And then they set, you know, the targeting of drones and missiles toward civilian targets, hospitals, hotels, airports,” Hegseth added.

“That’s how terrorist regimes fight. They target civilians. We do not,” he said. “And I can tell you this, this administration and this Pentagon, focuses on that very, very closely.”