As Israel, US attack Iran, over 50 killed in strikes on elementary school

At least 53 persons were killed after the Israeli strike hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, a city in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported quoting state media.

Workers were clearing the wreckage from the site, where 63 others were also reportedly injured.

This was part of a joint military attack by Israel and the United States against Iran.

On Saturday morning, the Israeli military said it had attacked Iran as a “preventive strike”.

An hour later, United States President Donald Trump said that the US military was also involved in the attack.

The Iranian government stated later in the day that “malicious attacks” by the US and Israel took place during “the course of negotiations, reflecting the enemy’s mistaken belief that the steadfast nation of Iran would surrender to their ignoble demands through such cowardly actions”.

“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have commenced a decisive response to these hostile acts and will continuously keep the honourable people informed,” it added.

The Israeli Defense Forces said that it had identified missiles being launched from Iran toward Israel and that defensive systems were “operating to intercept the threat”.

Iran had also reportedly launched strikes on US military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, according to AP.

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