War in the Middle East: casualty figures from across the region

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Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries around the region.

AFP has not been able to independently verify all of the following tolls, which are based on numbers released by governments, militaries, health authorities and rescue organisations in the affected countries.

Iran

Iran’s government has not released an updated overall casualty toll in recent days.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on April 6 that at least 3,597 people had been killed, including 1,665 civilians - among them at least 248 children - as well as 1,221 military personnel and 711 people whose status had not been classified.

On March 26, Iran’s deputy health minister told the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera that at least 1,937 people had been killed since the start of the war.

Due to reporting restrictions, AFP is not able to access the sites of strikes nor to independently verify tolls in Iran.

Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry said on April 7 that 1,530 people had been killed - 1,298 men, 102 women and 130 children - and 4,812 wounded since the start of the war.

The ministry said the death toll also included 57 healthcare workers.

The UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said three of its peacekeepers have been killed.

The Lebanese army said 10 of its soldiers had been killed, nine of them while off duty.

Hezbollah has not announced its losses.

Israel

Israeli emergency services and authorities say attacks have killed a total of 23 civilians since the start of the war.

Iranian missile attacks have killed 17 Israelis, including four minors, as well as two Filipinos and one Thai national.

Two civilians were killed in the north after Hezbollah rocket launches from Lebanon, while one man was killed close to the Lebanese border by Israeli artillery after “operational errors.”

According to Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, more than 550 people have been injured by Iranian or Hezbollah fire since the start of the war.

The Israeli military has separately announced the deaths of 11 soldiers in combat in southern Lebanon.

West Bank

The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said four women were killed by Iranian missile fire in the occupied West Bank.

Iraq

Armed groups and officials have said at least 115 people have been killed in Iraq since the start of the war, according to an AFP tally based on their announcements.

At least five civilians were reportedly killed on Tuesday in attacks in the southern province of Basra and in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region.

France said an Iranian drone killed a French soldier in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.

The U.S. military said a refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members, in an incident not caused by hostile or friendly fire.

Pro-Iran armed factions and security sources say 75 Iran-backed fighters have been killed in strikes they blame on the U.S. and Israel.

Iraq’s government has said 10 members of the security services, including police and one intelligence officer, have been killed.

Kurdish regional authorities said seven of their fighters were killed in a strike blamed on Iran.

The Gulf

Authorities in Gulf states and the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) have reported 41 people killed -- 22 of them civilians -- since the start of the Iranian attacks.

The rest were military or security personnel, including seven U.S. service members.

Kuwait’s military and health ministry have reported seven deaths: two soldiers, two border guards and three civilians, one of them an 11-year-old girl.

The United Arab Emirates’ authorities have reported 12 deaths: nine civilians and two military personnel who died as a result of a helicopter crash blamed on a technical malfunction.

Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency has reported two civilian deaths.

Bahrain’s interior ministry has logged two civilian deaths, and the UAE defence ministry has separately said a Moroccan contractor for the Emirati military was killed during an Iranian attack in Bahrain.

Oman’s maritime security centre reported the death of a mariner at sea and two other people in a drone attack on an industrial area.

Qatar’s defence ministry said four Qatari servicemen and three Turkish nationals -- including one serviceman and two civilians -- were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters.

CENTCOM has confirmed six U.S. service personnel killed in Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.

Jordan

In Jordan, according to official security sources 30 people were reported injured in various parts of the Kingdom as a result of falling debris from Iranian missiles and drones.

U.S. casualties across Mideast

In addition to the deaths of seven military personnel in the Gulf and six in Iraq, the U.S. army has recorded around 300 wounded in its ranks, most of them slightly injured.

Ten remain seriously wounded in seven different countries, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.

On Friday, an Iranian attack on a base in Saudi Arabia wounded at least 12 American soldiers, including two seriously, U.S. media reported.