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Death toll rises across Middle East as US-Israel strikes on Iran spread war
The shadow of a Kurdish fighter, a member of The Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle (Sazmani Khabat), falls on the shrapnel scarred wall of a damaged building — AFP pic

DUBAI, March 10 — Since the US and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries across the Middle East.

Due to reporting restrictions, 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 health ministry said on Monday that more than 1,200 people had been killed, including around 200 women and 200 children under the age of 12 with more than 10,000 civilians injured.

Iran’s state-run Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said on Thursday that the death toll from US and Israeli strikes had reached 1,230. The Iranian Red Crescent previously said on March 3 that 787 people had been killed.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on Monday that at least 1,708 people had been killed, including 1,205 civilians—among them at least 194 children—as well as 187 military personnel and 316 people whose status had not been classified.

Israel 

Israeli first responders and the country’s military have reported 13 people in total killed in Israel.

First responders said 11 people had been killed and dozens injured in Israel since Iran began firing missiles at the country in retaliation for joint US-Israeli strikes.

Nine of the dead were killed in a strike on the city of Beit Shemesh, including four minors.

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

Lebanon 

Lebanon’s health ministry said on Monday that 486 people had been killed and 1,313 wounded during a week of strikes. On Sunday it said that an earlier death toll of 394 people included 83 children and 42 women.

AFP has not been able to carry out a detailed breakdown of the figures.

The Lebanese army said three of its soldiers had been killed.

Hezbollah has not announced its losses.

The Gulf 

Authorities in Gulf states and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) have reported 23 people killed in neighbouring states since the start of the Iranian attacks.

Most of those killed were military or security personnel, including seven US service members, and 10 civilians.

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

The United Arab Emirates defence ministry and Dubai’s media office have reported six deaths. They include four civilians and two military personnel who died after a helicopter crash attributed to a technical malfunction.

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

Bahrain’s interior ministry has reported two deaths.

Oman’s maritime security centre reported the death of a mariner at sea.

Qatar’s ministry of interior has reported 16 injuries and no fatalities.

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

Iraq 

Pro-Iran fighters in Iraq said 16 of their members had been killed in air strikes they blamed on Israel and the United States.

In Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, authorities said one airport guard was killed in a drone attack on Erbil airport, while at least two Iranian Kurdish fighters were killed in Iranian strikes.

Jordan 

Jordan’s military spokesman Brigadier General Mustafa Hayari said 14 people had been injured in various parts of the country due to falling debris from Iranian missiles and drones.

No deaths have been reported in Jordan. — AFP

 

 

 

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