As the conflict in the Middle East continues, CNN is keeping a tally of reported deaths in the region, although we cannot independently verify these figures.
So far today, deaths have been reported in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Iran, while Israel has claimed to have killed two Iranian leaders: Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, as well as Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force. Tehran has not yet commented on these alleged deaths.
Here’s what we know about the latest death toll in the region since February 28:
Iran: Iranian authorities have not updated the country’s official death count in more than a week, but Iran’s foreign minister said Monday that “hundreds of Iranian civilians,” including more than 200 children, have died since the conflict began. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said yesterday that 1,351 civilians, including at least 207 children, have been killed, as well as 1,126 military personnel. Another 622 people have also died, HRANA said, but it has not yet been determined whether they were civilians or military.
Lebanon: In an update on Tuesday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 912 people have died in the country since Israel began attacking it on March 2. Of the dead, 111 were children, he said.
Iraq: Two security sources told CNN yesterday that at least 47 people have been killed in Iraq since the conflict began, most of them Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) soldiers. A French soldier was also killed in an attack on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday.
Israel: At least 15 Israelis have been killed since the conflict began. This includes nine who were killed in a direct missile hit on a residential building in the city of Beit Shemesh, and two Israeli soldiers who were killed in southern Lebanon on March 8.
In the EU: 13 US service members have died since the start of the conflict, including six who died when their refueling plane crashed in Iraq on Thursday. Six other US service members were killed in an Iranian attack that hit a makeshift operations center in Kuwait on March 1.
EAU: At least eight people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates since the conflict broke out, including a Pakistani national who was killed by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the city’s media office said on Tuesday.
Kuwait: At least six people have died in Kuwait. This includes an 11-year-old girl who died from injuries sustained when shrapnel fell on a residential area on March 4.
Oman: An Indian national died after an unmanned vessel attacked the oil tanker he was working on 52 nautical miles off the Omani coast, the Oman News Agency reported. Additionally, two foreign nationals were killed in a drone “accident” in Oman’s Sohar district, the country’s defense ministry said on Friday.
Saudi Arabia: Two people were killed after a military projectile hit a residential facility in the city of Al-Kharj on March 8, the Saudi Civil Defense said.h
Bahrain: One person died after debris from an intercepted missile sparked a fire on a “foreign vessel” in Bahrain’s Salman Industrial City, Bahraini state media said. Separately, a 29-year-old Bahraini woman was killed following an Iranian attack on the capital, Manama, according to Bahrain’s Interior Ministry.
With info from Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi, Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, Tal Shalev, Tamar Michaelis, Kaanita Iyer, Haley Britzky, Nechirvan Mando, Aqeel Najim, Lex Harvey, Jessie Yeung, Laura Sharman, Ibrahim Dahman and Mohammed Tawfeeq.
