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Published 05 Mar, 2026 02:49pm

How many people have been killed in the US-Israel war on Iran?

Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states ​that host US military bases and personnel and Lebanon quickly drawn ‌into the conflict.

Here are the death tolls from the war so far as reported by involved countries as of March 5, the sixth day of the war.

Reuters has not independently ​verified these deaths.

IRAN 1,045 people killed, including 175 schoolgirls and staff killed ​in a missile strike on a primary school in Minab in ⁠the country’s south on the war’s first day, according to the non-profit humanitarian ​group Iranian Red Crescent Society.

It was unclear if the overall death toll included ​Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military casualties.

  • ISRAEL 10 civilians killed, including nine people in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on March 1, according to Israel’s ambulance service Magen David ​Adom. The Israel Defence Forces has not reported any military casualties.
  • LEBANON 77 people killed ​in Israeli strikes, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
  • BAHRAIN One person killed after fire broke out in ‌Bahrain’s Salman ⁠Industrial City following missile interception, according to the interior ministry.
  • KUWAIT Three people, including two Kuwaiti soldiers, killed in Iranian attacks on the country, according to Kuwait’s health and foreign ministries.
  • OMAN One person killed after a projectile hit the Marshall Islands–flagged product tanker ​MKD VYOM off the ​coast of Muscat.
  • UNITED ⁠ARAB EMIRATES Three people killed, according to the UAE’s defence ministry.
  • US MILITARY Six US service members were killed in a strike on a ​facility in Kuwait, according to US Central Command.
  • SYRIA Four people were ​killed when ⁠an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Saturday, state news agency SANA said.
  • IRAQ At least 13 people were killed, according to ⁠Iraqi ​health authorities, including 11 militiamen, one army soldier ​and one civilian, based on health registration figures.
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