The number of children killed in Iran in the US-Israeli war since February 28 has risen to 208, Al Jazeera reports, citing the head of Iran’s emergency service.

In a video statement published by the state broadcaster IRIB, Jafar Miadfar said that of the 208 children killed, 168 were from the US missile strikes on the girls’ school in Minab city.

Miadfar added that 13 of the children killed were under the age of 5, and the youngest was a three-day-old infant.

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