Israel vs Iran conflict: Three killed in central Iran after Israeli strike hits ambulance
The Israel-Iran conflict has escalated heavily over the past few days, and now a major and shocking development comes in from Iranian Students' News Agency. According to ISNA, a strike by Israel on Sunday hit an ambulance in central Iran, which resulted in the death of 3 people inside.
The three included the driver, the patient, and the patient's companion.
'All occupants of the ambulance - including the driver, the patient, and the patient's companion - were martyred,' Hamidreza Mohammadi Fesharaki, the governor of Najafabad county in the central Isfahan province was quoted as telling ISNA.
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