Pakistani airstrikes on Iran kills four children, three women

Islamabad: Pakistani airstrikes in Iran Thursday morning killed four children and three women, a local official told Iranian state television.

A deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Ali Reza Marhamati, gave the casualty figures in a telephone interview. He did not immediately elaborate.

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The strikes early Thursday follow Iran launching strikes into Pakistan Tuesday night, raising tensions between nuclear-armed Islamabad and Tehran. It also comes amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip raising tensions across the wider Middle East.

AP