The conflict that intensified after the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on February 28 has produced widespread casualties across the Middle East, with reports of deaths from Iran to Lebanon, Iraq to the Gulf states. The strikes prompted Iranian retaliatory attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf countries and opened a new front in Lebanon. The latest tallies from rights groups, national authorities and international organizations are listed below. These numbers have not been independently verified.
Overall figures cited
A U.S.-based rights group, HRANA, has reported that 3,531 people have been killed since the conflict began. HRANA said that 1,607 of those fatalities were civilians, including at least 244 children. The group reported its data are drawn from field reports, local contacts, medical and emergency sources, civil society networks, open-source materials and official statements.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said at least 1,900 people have been killed and some 20,000 injured in Iran as a result of the U.S.-Israeli strikes so far. It was not clear whether the IFRC figures incorporate at least 104 people whom the Iranian military said died in a U.S. attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka on March 4.
Country-by-country reported deaths
- Iran - HRANA: 3,531 killed since the conflict began, of whom 1,607 were civilians, including at least 244 children. The IFRC separately reported at least 1,900 killed and 20,000 injured in Iran from the U.S.-Israeli strikes, with uncertainty about whether those totals include the 104 people the Iranian military said were killed in the March 4 attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka.
- Lebanon - Lebanese authorities report 1,368 people killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, including at least 124 children. Sources familiar with the counts within Hezbollah told Reuters that more than 400 fighters from the group have been killed since Hezbollah launched attacks in a new war with Israel on March 2. It is unclear whether the official Lebanese toll includes those fighters. At least nine Lebanese soldiers have been killed since March 2 in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, with most casualties occurring in southern Lebanon. In addition, three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon - one from a roadside explosion and another involving a projectile.
- Iraq - Iraqi health authorities report at least 108 people killed since the start of the crisis. The casualties include civilians, members of the Iran-affiliated Shi'ite Popular Mobilisation Forces, U.S.-allied Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, police and army personnel. Port security officials said one foreign crew member was killed in an attack on tankers near an Iraqi port.
- Israel - Israel's ambulance service said missiles launched from Iran and Lebanon have killed 19 people in Israel. The Israeli military reported that 10 of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon. Separately, an apparent misfire by Israeli forces killed an Israeli farmer near the border with Lebanon on March 22.
- United States - Thirteen U.S. service members have been reported killed. Six were confirmed dead after a U.S. military refuelling aircraft crashed over Iraq, the U.S. military said, while seven others have been killed in action during operations against Iran. In addition, a U.S. official told Reuters that 12 U.S. troops were wounded, two seriously, in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
- United Arab Emirates - UAE authorities reported 12 people killed in Iranian attacks, including two army soldiers. The most recent fatality, the authorities said, occurred when debris from an intercepted attack fell on Abu Dhabi's Habshan gas facilities.
- Qatar - On March 22, seven people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Qatar's territorial waters after a technical malfunction during what the defence ministry described as "routine duty." Four of the dead were Qatari armed forces personnel, one was a Turkish serviceman from the Qatar-Turkey joint forces and two were technicians working for Turkish defence manufacturer Aselsan.
- Kuwait - Authorities reported seven deaths, including three people killed in Iranian attacks, two interior ministry officers and two army soldiers.
- West Bank - Four Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- Syria - State news agency SANA reported four people killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern city of Sweida on February 28.
- Bahrain - Two people were killed in two separate Iranian attacks, the interior ministry said, with the most recent strike hitting a residential building in the capital Manama. The UAE's defence ministry said on March 24 that one of its civilian contractors was killed in an Iranian attack on Bahrain and identified the contractor as a Moroccan national.
- Oman - Two people were reported killed on March 13 in a drone strike on an industrial zone in Sohar province; authorities said those were the first fatalities inside the country, which had been hosting mediation talks between the U.S. and Iran. Separately, one person died earlier when a projectile hit a tanker off the coast of Muscat, the vessel's manager said.
- Saudi Arabia - Two people were killed when a projectile fell on a residential location in Al-Kharj city, southeast of the capital Riyadh.
- France - One French soldier was killed and six others were wounded after a drone attack in northern Iraq, where they were providing counter-terrorism training.
Notes on reporting
These counts come from a variety of sources including rights groups, national authorities, international organisations and military statements. The figures have not been independently verified. In some cases it is unclear whether publicly reported totals overlap or include combatant and civilian counts together.
Context limitation
The numbers here reflect reported fatalities only and do not encompass other human costs such as displacement, long-term injuries or economic disruption. They also do not attempt to reconcile differing tallies where sources report overlapping or differently classified casualties.