AhlulBayt News Agency: At least 18 civilians have been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on residential places in the city of Lamerd, Fars Province, in southern Iran, local officials have said.
Lamerd Governor Ali Alizadeh said that the strikes hit a sports complex, a hall adjacent to a school, and two more residential sites on Saturday afternoon local time.
The official said that the death toll is expected to rise.
Fatemeh Amini, the top health official in Lamerd said on Saturday evening that 18 people, mostly children, have been confirmed dead so far. Around 100 people have been wounded, she added, noting that health staff across the city are in full preparedness.
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