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Dozens of women and children killed in Israeli attacks, Iran says
The Iranian government’s spokeswoman, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has provided an update on Israeli attacks across the country, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Here is a summary of her translated comments:
- This war was imposed on us. We did not want it.
- Forty-five women and children were killed in recent attacks, and another 75 women and children were injured.
- The targeting of women and children proves that Israel’s claims of only striking military sites are false.
- The attack on Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah was in line with the regime’s brutal nature.
- Mosques will be available as shelters for the people. Crisis rooms have been formed in the provinces.
Explosions reported in eastern, western Tehran
Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting that an Israeli attack has targeted a military base in western Tehran. Iranian media are also reporting explosions in eastern parts of the capital.
This comes after the Israeli army issued a threat for parts of Tehran.
Iran says attack on hospital a ‘war crime’
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei’s remarks on X come hours after the reported attack on Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah.
“Attacking hospitals and residential areas, reportedly directed by their Defence Minister, is a grave violation of int’l law and war crime,” he said. “History will judge; eternal shame awaits the regime’s backers & apologists.”
Iranian media reported that an Israeli missile that struck the hospital damaged parts of it. Images showed blood-splattered floors with broken glass and debris strewn around the facility.
CNN has verified the location of one of several videos published by state-affiliated media showing damage to the Farabi hospital.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei accused Israel of targeting the hospital. The Israel Defense Forces told CNN that it is “not aware of any attack that happened on a hospital in Iran.”
Footage published by Fars News Agency showed a collapsed ceiling in a section of the hospital where beds were located. State affiliated-Tasnim News Agency said the facility’s intensive care unit (ICU) was the most heavily damaged part of the hospital. Patients in (ICU) wards were injured by broken glass and the ceiling collapse, Tasnim news agency said.
