The US militarysaid the aerial attack was initially thought to have struck a van carrying Daesh militants near the militant-held city of Mosul, located some 400kilometers north ofthe capital Baghdad, on Thursday.
The strike took place in what was later determined to be a hospital compound parking lot resulting in possible civilian casualties, the Combined Joint Strike Force said in a statement on Thursday.
The statement asserted that Daesh members had been detected firing an anti-tank gun "before loading the weapon in the van and driving off."
It stated that the fatal attack would be fully investigated and the findings released in a timely and transparent manner.
On December 9, at least 90 Iraqi soldiers were killed when US Air Force fighter jets struck their position in Mosul.
An Iraqi army source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said some100 soldiers were also wounded as a result of the attack. Eight infantry fighting vehicles andfour Humvee military trucks were also destroyed during the US strike.
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Iraqis search through rubble after a US-led coalition airstrike targeted a Shia mourning ceremony in the town of Daquq, south of the city of Kirkuk, on October 21, 2016. (Photo by Iraqi al-Ghadeer TV network)[/caption]At least 15 women lost their lives and scores of other civilians sustained injuries on October 21, when US-led military aircraft targeted a Shia place of worship in the town of Daquq, located 30 kilometers south of Kirkuk.
On October 5, at least 20 Iraqi pro-government fighters were killed and five others injured when the US-led coalitiontargeted their position in theKharaeb village of theal-Qayyarah region, located approximately 300 kilometers north of Baghdad.
The United States and some its allies have been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq since June 2014allegedly targeting Daesh terrorists in the northern and western parts of the conflict-plagued Arab country.
