, Feb. 28 -- Iranian state media reported that an Israeli strike hit an elementary girls' school in Minab, Hormozgan province, killing at least 51 students.

Iran's state news agency IRNA reported this information.

The massive joint attack by the United States and Israel on Iran has escalated tensions across the Middle East, raising fears of a broader regional conflict.

Iranian retaliation has targeted US assets in several Gulf Arab states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, where American military bases are hosted.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for strikes against "all Israeli and US military targets in the Middle East," vowing that the operation "will continue rele...