US-Israeli barbaric aggression targets civilians, including children: Health ministry

Iran's Health Ministry spokesman has called on the international community to take action against the barbaric US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, stating that they are targeting civilians, including children and healthcare workers.

Hossein Kermanpour said that, as of Friday noon, 13 percent of those injured in the aggression are women.

He noted that more than 2,000 of the injured are currently receiving treatment at hospitals, where over 625 surgeries have been performed for the wounded so far.

According to the statement, the youngest victim is a four-month-old baby girl who was injured in Pol-e Dokhtar, while the oldest is a 94-year-old woman from Saqqez.

The total number of the injured included 552 under 18 and 54 under 5, the spokesman said.

Most injuries, Kermanpour said, include head trauma, severe burns, amputations and fractures.

Meanwhile, he added that those killed by the strikes included 198 women.

The youngest person who lost their life was an eight-month-old baby from Robat Karim, while the oldest person was an 88-year-old person from Tehran.

Among the deaths, 200 were under 18 and six were under five.

The spokesman noted that the war has taken a heavy toll on the healthcare system, saying that eight healthcare workers were killed and 30 others were injured.

The aggression has so far affected and damaged 11 hospitals, eight emergency medical bases and 12 ambulances, he added.

Among the targeted health care sites is an emergency medical base in Zibashahr, near Shiraz. The missile attack on the facility killed three emergency medical technicians, who were providing life-saving assistance to civilians, and completely destroyed the emergency response facility.

The spokesman stressed that attacks on medical personnel and facilities "undermine the protection of healthcare and raise serious humanitarian concerns."

Noting that the aggression has been targeting civilians, including children, and healthcare facilities, Kermanpour called on the international community to break its silence on these crimes.

The US and Israel started the latest round of aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country.

The Saturday attacks led to the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

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The aggression was launched as Tehran and Washington had held three rounds of indirect negotiations in the Omani capital of Muscat and the Swiss city of Geneva and planned to open technical talks in Vienna, Austria.

Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the strikes by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in regional countries.

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