Tracking the death toll in Iran, the wider Middle East as conflict continues
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Just days after the US and Israeli strikes against Iran, more than 1,000 people have been killed, mostly in Iran, with the remaining deaths spreading to neighboring countries in the Middle East as the conflict escalates.
On Saturday, US-Israeli strikes struck Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and prompting retaliatory Iranian strikes on Israel and Persian Gulf states that host US military bases and personnel.
As the US and Israel move forward with strikes on Iran, many countries have reported casualties as a result of the escalating conflict.
Here are the statistics of the reported deaths in the war, mainly for the local authorities, and the activist group. CBC News could not independently confirm the death.
More than 1,000 were killed across Iran
As of Saturday, at least 1,097 civilians have been killed in Iran, according to data from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a non-governmental organization formed by human rights lawyers.
Of them, the agency says at least 181 were children. It says it is reviewing nearly 900 reported deaths.
HRANA has been accurate in its count of deaths during past unrest in Iran – including the deaths of dozens of protesters earlier this year – and relies on a network of activists in the country to confirm deaths. The agency evaluates information gradually as it comes in; communication remains difficult with those inside Iran.
About 5,402 civilians have been injured since the attack began, including 100 children, according to the data.
The organization says it has confirmed the death of 12 soldiers in Iran.
Thousands of people gathered in Minab, Iran, for the mass funeral of the victims killed on Saturday when a girl’s primary school was attacked by airstrikes. Iranian media reported that 168 children were killed and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an ‘impartial and thorough’ investigation into the strike.
At least 50 were killed in Lebanon
A war broke out between Israel and Lebanon on Monday. A terrorist group aligned with Iran has launched rockets, missiles and drones in northern Israel in retaliation for other strikes in the region.
In response to Hezbollah’s border attacks, Israel launched airstrikes and increased military operations in southern Lebanon, marking a major escalation in clashes that have killed at least 50 people and injured hundreds, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health. It also left tens of thousands of Lebanese citizens displaced after Israel issued warnings to evacuate many cities. It is not clear how many civilians and hogans were killed.
About 10 civilians were killed in Israel, according to the emergency services in that country, Magen David Adom. The Israel Defense Forces reported no military casualties.
Death across the region
Elsewhere in the region, Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior reported that one person died after a fire broke out in Salman Industrial City following a missile interception.
In Kuwait, three people, including two Kuwaiti soldiers, were killed in an Iranian attack on the country, according to the health and foreign ministers. The US again confirmed on Monday six American soldiers were killed in an Iranian strike on a military base in Kuwait, according to US Central Command.
In the United Arab Emirates, it is reported that three people have died, according to the Ministry of Defense in that country.
Iraqi officials said a drone strike hit Kataib Hezbollah headquarters, killing two people in Iraq.
In a sign of the escalating conflict, an American submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 people, many missing, according to Sri Lankan authorities.
The US Central Command said in a statement that it had “struck or sunk” more than 20 Iranian ships, but did not publish the number of casualties.
Earlier this week, Oman’s state news agency said an oil tanker in the Republic of the Marshall Islands was attacked by an “unmanned vessel,” killing a crew member.
