More than 5,000 people have been killed across the Middle East in thefirst month of military hostilities between the United States and Israel on oneside and Iran on the other, since fighting erupted on February 28, according tocasualty figures compiled by Reuters, officials, and rights monitoringorganizations.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(IFRC) reported Friday that at least 1,900 civilians have been killed and20,000 wounded in US and Israeli strikes on Iran to date. It remains unclearwhether these figures include the 104 deaths the Iranian military attributed tothe sinking of an Iranian warship by a US submarine off the coast of Sri Lankaon March 4.
Lebanese authorities report 1,345 people killed in Israeli strikes sinceMarch 2, including at least 124 children. Two informed sources told Reutersthat more than 400 Hezbollah fighters have been killed since the group launchedattacks on Israel on March 2. It is not confirmed whether the official Lebanesetally includes combatant deaths.
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Israel's Ministry of Health reported Friday that 6,594 wounded have beenevacuated to hospitals since the start of military operations against Iran. Asof Friday, 125 patients remain hospitalized: two in critical condition.
Thirteen US service members have been killed. The US military confirmedsix deaths following the crash of a military refueling aircraft in Iraq; sevenothers were killed during operations against Iran. A US official told Reutersthat 12 American soldiers were wounded —two critically— in an Iranian attack onPrince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
UAE authorities report 11 people killed in Iranian attacks, includingtwo military personnel.
Qatar's Ministry of Defense reports seven people killed on March 22 whena helicopter crashed over Qatari territorial waters following a mechanicalfailure during a routine mission. Four were Qatari military personnel, one wasa Turkish member of the joint Qatari-Turkish forces, and two were technicians.
Kuwaiti authorities report seven killed in Iranian attacks, includingthree civilians, two from the Interior Ministry, and two from the armed forces.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent and the PalestinianAuthority’s news agency WAFA, four Palestinian women were killed, and 13 otherswere injured when “an Iranian missile debris or a munition” fell in theIsraeli-occupied West Bank.
Syria's official state news agency SANA reported four people killed whenan Iranian missile struck a building in the southern city of Sweida on February28.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry reports two people killed in two separateIranian attacks, the most recent of which struck a residential building inManama.
Oman’s state news agency reported that two people were killed in a dronestrike on an industrial zone in Sohar on March 13, the first fatalitiesrecorded in the sultanate, which has hosted mediation talks between the UnitedStates and Iran. A shipping company separately reported that a crew member diedafter a projectile struck a tanker off the coast of Muscat.
The Saudi civil defense said that two foreign workers were killed, a Bangladeshiand an Indian, by an “unspecified military projectile” that hit a residentialarea in Al-Kharj, southeast of Riyadh.
The French authorities confirmed the death of one soldier and the injuryof six others in a drone attack in northern Iraq, where French forces wereconducting counterterrorism training.
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