Middle East conflict death toll mounts across region

Casualties continue to mount across the Middle East as the conflict in the region intensifies. According to figures compiled as of March 9 and reported by Reuters, numerous civilian and military deaths have been recorded across several countries, although the agency noted it has not independently verified the data.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society reported at least 1,230 deaths in Iran. The toll includes 175 schoolgirls and staff members of a primary school in Minab that was struck by a missile on the first day of the war. It remains unclear whether the figure includes casualties among fighters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Separately, the Iranian military reported 104 additional deaths after a United States submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. These fatalities were not included in the Red Crescent’s casualty figures.

In Lebanon, the Health Ministry reported at least 486 deaths resulting from strikes by Israel.

In Iraq, at least 15 people have been killed, including a commander from the group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, who died in an airstrike on March 5.

In Israel, 11 civilians were killed during Iranian missile strikes on the city of Beit Shemesh on March 1. Additionally, two Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, marking the first military fatalities since the resumption of fighting with Hezbollah.

The United States reported seven service members killed during operations against Iran.

In Syria, the state news agency said four people were killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in As-Suwayda.

Casualties have also been reported across several Persian Gulf states. Reported fatalities include six in Kuwait, four in the United Arab Emirates, two each in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and one in Oman after a tanker was struck.

By Tamilla Hasanova