57 students dead, dozens wounded in Israeli strike on Iranian school: governor

Iranian state news agency IRNA now reports that the Israeli strike on a girls’ school in Hormozgan province has left at least 57 students dead and 60 others wounded.

Minab’s provincial governor, Mohammad Radmehr, said that 53 students are still under the rubble and rescue and aid operations were underway.

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