This paper sheds light on the numbers of deaths in the Middle East since the start of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, and the resulting escalation that affected several Gulf countries, before the conflict extended to include Lebanese territory.
Published on: 05/03/2026 - 12:33 Last updated: 05/03/2026 - 12:38
Dozens have been killed across the Middle East since the American-Israeli attacks on Iran began on February 28, and the subsequent strikes targeted several Gulf countries that host American military bases and personnel, in addition to Lebanon.
This paper counts the total number of deaths in the war so far, according to the reports of the countries concerned until March 5, the sixth day of the war.
The biggest toll in Iran
The Iranian Red Crescent, a humanitarian non-profit organization, said that 1,045 people were killed, including 175 female students and staff, in a missile strike on a girls’ primary school in Minab in the south of the country on the first day of the war.
It was not clear whether the death toll included Revolutionary Guard soldiers.
10 Israelis were killed in an Iranian strike
The Israeli Magen David ambulance service reported that 10 civilians were killed, including 9, in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on March 1.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense did not announce any soldiers killed.
77 victims in Lebanon
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that 77 people were killed in the Israeli raids.
One person was killed in Bahrain
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced that one person was killed after a fire broke out in Salman Industrial City following the interception of a missile.
Three dead in Kuwait
The Ministry of Health and Foreign Affairs in Kuwait reported that three people were killed, including two Kuwaiti soldiers, in Iranian attacks on the country.
Killed in the Sultanate of Oman
One person was killed after a shell hit the Marshall Islands-flagged chemical and petroleum products tanker (Fium) off the coast of Muscat.
Three dead in the Emirates
The UAE Ministry of Defense said three people were killed.
4 people were killed in Syria
The official Syrian news agency reported that four people were killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in the city of Suwayda in the south of the country on Saturday.
At least 13 people were killed in Iraq
Iraqi local health authorities said, based on health records data, that at least 13 people were killed, including 11 members of armed groups, an army soldier, and one civilian.
The US Army Central Command announced that six American soldiers were killed in a raid on a facility in Kuwait.
France 24/Reuters
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