Israeli attack on school in southern Iran kills 57 students - UPDATED
An Israeli strike on a girls' school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, has resulted in at least 57 students dead and 60 others injured.
Minab’s provincial governor, Mohammad Radmehr, confirmed to IRNA on Saturday that the Shajareye Tayabeh school had directly been attacked and that a number of students had been martyred, News.Az reports.
Radmehr also said that 53 students are still under the rubble.
He said rescue and aid operations were underway at the school, adding that the security situation in the city was under control.
The United States and the Israeli regime launched a joint act of aggression against Iran early on Saturday.
The Iranian Armed Forces launched massive retaliatory strikes, targeting the Israeli-occupied territories and American military bases across the region with ballistic missiles and drones.
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The number of students killed has risen to 24 after an Israeli strike hit an elementary girls' school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, the country's Fars news agency reported.
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An Israeli strike hit an elementary girl’s school in Minab, a city located in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, News.Az reports citing Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.
It added that five students were killed.
By Ulviyya Salmanli
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