Protestors wave an Iranian flag and hold anti-war signs during the International Day of al-Quds (Jerusalem Day) in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2026. (Credit: Aaron SCHWARTZ/AFP)
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 across the region.
AFP has not been able to independently verify all of the following tolls.
The figures 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.
However, The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on March 17 that at least 3,114 people had been killed, including 1,354 civilians — among them at least 207 children — as well as 1,138 military personnel and 622 people whose status had not been classified.
Due to reporting restrictions, AFP is not able to access the sites of strikes or independently verify tolls in Iran.
Israel
Israeli emergency services and authorities say Iranian missile fire has killed 14 people since the start of the war, including 13 Israelis — among them four minors — and one Filipino caregiver.
Israel's Foreign Ministry said that all Israeli victims were civilians, accusing Tehran of seeking to "cause as much pain as possible to civilians."
Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency service, said around 250 people have been injured since Iran began firing missiles at the country in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.
The Israeli military has separately announced the deaths of two personnel in combat in southern Lebanon.
Occupied West Bank
On March 18, missile debris killed three Palestinian women in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.
Lebanon
Lebanon's Health Ministry said on March 18 that 968 people had been killed and 2,432 wounded since the start of the fighting, including 116 children, 77 women and 775 men.
The ministry said the toll also included 40 healthcare workers.
Hezbollah has not announced its losses.
The Gulf
Authorities in Gulf states and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) have reported 28 people killed — 15 of them civilians — since the start of the Iranian attacks.
The rest of those killed were military or security personnel, including seven U.S. service members.
Kuwait's military and health ministry have reported six deaths: two soldiers, two border guards and two civilians, one of them an 11-year-old girl.
The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry has reported eight deaths: six civilians and two military personnel who died as a result of a helicopter crash blamed on a technical malfunction.
Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency has reported two civilian deaths.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry has also logged two civilian deaths.
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 interior ministry, meanwhile, has reported 16 injuries and no fatalities.
CENTCOM has confirmed six U.S. service personnel killed in Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.
Iraq
Armed groups and officials have said at least 64 people have been killed in Iraq since the start of the war, according to an AFP tally based on their announcements.
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 46 Iran-backed fighters were killed in strikes they blame on the United States and Israel.
Kurdish rebel groups said at least five Iranian Kurdish militants were killed in strikes attributed to Iran on their positions in northern Iraq.
Kurdish security sources said one airport guard was killed in a drone attack on Erbil airport.
Officials said one civilian was killed by rocket shrapnel following a strike southeast of Baghdad.
Authorities on Tuesday said four people were killed in a strike on a house in Baghdad, with initial reports suggesting two of the victims were Iranian advisors to Tehran-backed factions.
Jordan
In Jordan, security officials said 29 people have been injured by falling debris from Iranian missiles and drones in various parts of the kingdom.
No deaths have been recorded so far.
Syria
Syrian state media reported eight people injured by falling debris from exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel on Monday.
US injuries across Mideast
The U.S. on Monday said around 200 of its military personnel have been injured in seven countries across the Middle East since the start of the war.
Ten were categorised as seriously wounded and over 180 have already returned to duty, CENTCOM said.
