elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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One strike hitting an elementary school and killing over 100 people, according to Iranian state media.
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ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Israeli strikes have hit targets across Iran, with one killing over 150 girls at an elementary school near a military base in the southern city of Minab, according to Iranian state media.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Iranian authorities claimed Saturday that a girl's elementary school in the city of Minab was hit amid the strikes, killing more than 100 people, including many students.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said the strike killed more than 100 children at the girls’ elementary school in southern Iran.
—Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Israeli strikes have hit targets across Iran, with one killing over 150 girls at an elementary school near a military base in the southern city of Minab, according to Iranian state media.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Iranian authorities claimed Saturday that a girl's elementary school in the city of Minab was hit amid the strikes, killing more than 100 people, including many students.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said the strike killed more than 100 children at the girls’ elementary school in southern Iran.
—Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2026
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