Twenty days after the United States and Israel launched large-scale airstrikes against Iran on 28 February, the conflict has spread across the region, leaving a growing number of casualties in multiple countries. Due to restrictions on media access, casualty figures cannot be independently verified, with most data based on statements from governments, militaries, health authorities and emergency services.
Iran
Iran’s Health Ministry reported on 8 March that more than 1,200 people had been killed, including around 200 women and 200 children under the age of 12, while more than 10,000 civilians were injured. No updated official figures have been released in recent days. According to the US-based NGO Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), as of 17 March more than 3,114 people had been killed, including 1,354 civilians, among them at least 207 children. The toll also includes 1,138 military personnel and 622 individuals whose status remains unclear.
Israel
Authorities and emergency services in Israel report at least 15 deaths, including 13 Israeli citizens and a migrant worker from the Philippines. An additional foreign worker was reported killed on Tuesday, although no nationality was specified. Around 250 people have been injured since Iran began missile strikes against Israeli territory. The Israeli military also confirmed the deaths of two soldiers during clashes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah.
Palestinian Territories
At least three Palestinian women were killed after shrapnel struck a hair salon near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to emergency services.
Lebanon
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports 968 deaths since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah resumed on 2 March, including 116 children and 40 healthcare workers. A further 2,432 people have been injured, while more than one million civilians have been displaced. The Lebanese army has confirmed six fatalities among its ranks. Hezbollah has not disclosed its own losses.
Gulf states
Authorities in Gulf countries and United States Central Command (CENTCOM) report a total of 28 deaths following Iranian retaliatory strikes, including 15 civilians. The remaining victims include military personnel and security forces, among them seven Americans. In Kuwait, six people were killed, including two soldiers, two border guards and two civilians, one of whom was an 11-year-old girl. In the United Arab Emirates, eight deaths were reported, including six civilians and two soldiers killed in a helicopter crash attributed to a technical fault. Two civilian deaths were reported in Saudi Arabia, while Bahrain also confirmed two fatalities. In Oman, one seafarer was killed at sea, along with two migrant workers during a drone strike on an industrial zone. In Qatar, authorities reported 32 injuries but no fatalities.
Iraq
At least 64 people have been killed in Iraq since the outbreak of the war, according to an AFP tally based on official and armed group sources. French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the death of a French non-commissioned officer in a drone attack near Erbil, marking the first French military fatality. Six US soldiers were also killed in an aircraft crash last week. Iran-aligned Iraqi groups reported 46 of their members killed in airstrikes attributed to Israel and the United States, while Iranian Kurdish groups reported at least five fighters killed in strikes in northern Iraq. Other incidents include a civilian killed by missile debris in southeast Baghdad and four people killed in a strike on a house reportedly hosting Iranian “military advisers.”
Jordan and Syria
In Jordan, 29 people have been injured by falling debris from Iranian missiles and drones, with no fatalities reported. In Syria, eight people were injured by shrapnel during exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel on 9 March.
United States
The United States armed forces have confirmed 13 fatalities so far: six in Kuwait, six in an aircraft crash in western Iraq, and one in Saudi Arabia. Around 200 US personnel have also been injured, including 10 seriously, since the start of the conflict.
Source: AMNA