Iran says 208 children killed by US-Israeli strikes

The number of children killed in Iran since the war began on 28 February has risen to 208, the head of the emergency service said in a video statement on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

Jafar Miadfar said 168 of those children were killed in the US strikes on the girls’ school in Minab city at the start of the war. Thirteen of the children killed were aged below five years, including a three-day-old newborn.

More than 1,500 civilians have been killed across the country so far, according to the Iranian government.

Miadfar also said around 318 healthcare infrastructure units have been damaged during the war, including 49 emergency bases, 186 health centres, and 40 hospitals.

He said about 12 of the damaged hospitals are now out of service.