At the beginning there was a denial. “At this point we are not aware of any Israeli or American attacks there,” said Israeli military spokesman Nadav Shoshani. “I know the Americans are checking, I know we are checking.” This is how Israel reacted on Sunday, day two of the new Middle East war, to Iranian reports that a girls’ school in Minab in the south of the country was hit in the US-Israeli air strikes on the mullahs’ regime. In the United States, the Armed Forces Central Command said it would “investigate reports of civilian damage from ongoing military operations.” On the same day, it was reported from Iran that the number of victims at the girls’ school had risen to 165.
