The United Nations has condemned the impact of the US–Israel war on children across the Middle East, warning that escalating violence poses a grave threat to civilians.

“The military operations in Iran and across the region are devastating and present a serious threat to children,” the UN said in a social media post. “Civilians, schools and hospitals must not be attacked. Every child has a right to live free from fear.”

Iran, meanwhile, held a mass funeral on Tuesday for 165 schoolgirls and staff killed in what Iranian authorities described as a US–Israeli strike on a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest single incident reported so far in the campaign against Tehran.