ALBAWABA - Friday was the latest day of U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran, and on Saturday, Iranian state media said that an elementary school for girls in the southern city of Minab was hit.
It was reported on Iran's state TV that the school in Hormozgan area was directly hit by the early morning attacks, which killed many civilians. State TV reported that at least 40 students were killed and dozens more were hurt. Rescue teams are still looking for people who may be stuck under the rubble.
Later, the semi-official Iranian news service Tasnim said that 51 people had died, mostly young girls who were in class at the time of the strike. According to Tasnim, the explosion was a direct hit on a civilian school.
As part of its coverage of the Israeli and U.S. offensive on Iran, Reuters reported that several strikes happened in different Iranian cities on Saturday as part of what Israeli officials called a "preemptive operation." Reuters said, though, that neither Israeli nor U.S. officials had confirmed the story of the attack on the school in Minab right away.
As of the most recent news, neither Washington nor Tel Aviv had said that the operation did include a school as one of its targets.
Officials in Iran spoke out against the strike, calling it an attack on civilians and saying that Tehran would react to what they saw as a breach of international law.
The situation is still changing, and the number of casualties may change as relief efforts continue.
