World News | Pakistani Airstrikes on Iran Killed 4 Children and 3 Women, a Local Official Tells Iranian State TV
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pakistani airstrikes on Iran on Thursday morning killed four children and three women, a local official told Iranian state television.
Islamabad, Jan 18 (AP) Pakistani airstrikes on Iran on 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.
The strikes early Thursday follow Iran launching strikes into Pakistan on 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)
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