A picture of a child victim killed in a strike is displayed at Tajrish Bazaar, ahead of Nowruz amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 19, 2026. (Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA /Reuters)
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 and Tehran retaliated with strikes against Israel, U.S. bases in the region, and Gulf states. Here are the death tolls by country, as recorded on Friday, March 20, which Reuters was not able to independently verify.
Iran
The U.S.-based human rights organization HRANA said Thursday, March 19, that 3,186 people had been killed in Iran since the start of the war, specifying that 1,394 of them were civilians, including at least 210 children. The group states that its data comes from field reports, local contacts, medical and emergency sources, civil society networks, open sources, and official statements.
The latest figures communicated by state media, for their part, report 1,270 deaths. Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said March 6 that at least 1,332 people had been killed since the beginning of the war. No explanation was given for the discrepancy. It is unclear whether these numbers include the 104 people reportedly killed in a U.S. attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka on March 4.
Lebanon
At least 1,021 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. The World Health Organization and Lebanese health authorities said more than 100 of the victims were children.
Iraq
At least 60 people have been killed, according to Iraqi authorities. Most of them were members of the Popular Mobilization Forces. One foreign crew member was killed during an attack on oil tankers near an Iraqi port, according to port security officials.
Israel
15 civilians have been killed, including nine people in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, on March 1, according to ambulance services. The Israeli military said two of its soldiers also died in southern Lebanon. In addition, four Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile strike in the occupied West Bank.
United States
Thirteen U.S. soldiers have been killed. The deaths of six of them were confirmed after a military refueling plane crashed over Iraq, according to the military, while seven more were killed during operations against Iran in several countries in the region.
United Arab Emirates
Eight people were killed in Iranian attacks, including two soldiers, according to the Emirati Defense Ministry.
Kuwait
Authorities recorded six deaths, including two in direct Iranian attacks, two Interior Ministry officers, and two army soldiers.
Syria
Four people were killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on the first day of the war, Feb. 28, according to the official SANA agency.
Oman
Two people were killed on March 13 in a drone strike on an industrial area in Sohar province, marking the first deaths on the sultanate's territory, which hosted talks mediated between the United States and Iran. One person died earlier when a projectile hit a tanker off Muscat, according to the vessel's manager.
Saudi Arabia
Two people were killed when a projectile landed in a residential area in the city of al-Kharj, southeast of the capital Riyadh.
Bahrain
Two people died in two separate Iranian attacks, the most recent hitting a residential building in Manama, the capital, according to the Interior Ministry.
France
One French soldier was killed and six others wounded in a drone attack in northern Iraq, where they were conducting counter-terrorism training.
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