Updated On: 01 March, 2026 08:49 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
The death toll in an Israeli-US strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran rises to at least 51 people killed, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. At least 45 others had been wounded in the attack in Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan province

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. PIC/PTI
US and Israel launched a major attack across Iran on Saturday. US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to take cover during the strikes, but then, “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take.” It was an appeal that suggested the allies could be seeking to end the country’s theocracy after decades of tensions. He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach
the US.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed that, “Our joint operation will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands.”