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War in the Middle East: casualty figures from across the region Dubai, March 19 (AFP) Mar 19, 2026 Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 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.
However, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on March 18 that at least 3,134 people had been killed, including 1,369 civilians -- among them at least 207 children -- as well as 1,138 military personnel and 627 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.
The ministry said the toll also included 40 healthcare workers. Hezbollah has not announced its losses.
Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, said around 260 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.
The rest of those killed were military or security personnel, including seven US 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' defence 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 defence 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 US service personnel killed in Kuwait and one killed in Saudi Arabia.
France said an Iranian drone killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. The US 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 48 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.
No deaths have been recorded so far.
Ten were categorised as seriously wounded and more than 180 have already returned to duty, CENTCOM said. |
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