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More than 50 students have been killed and some 60 more wounded in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, state media reported, citing a local official. Washington has not commented on the reported strike.
Issued on: 28/02/2026 - 16:02Modified: 28/02/2026 - 16:09
By: FRANCE 24 This image grab taken from Iranian state television broadcast on February 28, 2026, show what it says is the site of deadly US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan. © Alex Mita, IRIB TV via AFP US-Israeli air strikes killed at least 51 people at a girls’ school in southern Iran, a local official told state media on Saturday.
"In this morning's Israeli missile attack on a girls' elementary school in [Minab] county, 51 students have so far been killed and 60 students have been wounded," the county governor said.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported the strike happened in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has a base in the city.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported strike.
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The US and Israel launched an attack early Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose whereabouts remain unknown. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was also targeted.
Iranian media reported strikes nationwide and smoke could be seen rising from the capital.
US President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the US had begun “major combat operations in Iran”.
Iran responded to the bombing campaign by launching retaliatory missile strikes at US military bases in the Middle East.
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