March 9 - Hostilities that began when the United States and Israel struck Iran on February 28 have resulted in fatalities across the Middle East, with nations that host U.S. forces and Lebanon among those drawn into the fighting. National authorities, ministries and humanitarian organizations have published death tolls as of March 9; these figures have not been independently verified.
Below are reported casualty counts by country and the circumstances cited by local authorities or organizations.
- Iran - The Iranian Red Crescent Society, a non-profit humanitarian group, reported at least 1,230 people killed. That total includes 175 schoolgirls and school staff who died in a missile strike on a primary school in Minab in the country’s south on the first day of the conflict. The Red Crescent figure did not make clear whether it included casualties among the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Separately, the Iranian army said at least 104 people were killed after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast last week; those deaths were not included in the Red Crescent toll.
- Israel - The military reported that two soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, marking the first fatalities among Israeli troops since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed last week after the group attacked Israel in support of Iran. Israel’s ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said 11 civilians have been killed, including nine who died in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on March 1.
- United States - The U.S. military said seven service members were killed in action during operations against Iran.
- Lebanon - Lebanon’s health ministry reported at least 394 people killed in Israeli strikes, including 83 children.
- Saudi Arabia - Authorities reported two people killed when a projectile fell on a residential area in Al-Kharj city, southeast of the capital Riyadh.
- Bahrain - Bahrain’s interior ministry said one person was killed after a fire broke out in Salman Industrial City following a missile interception on March 2.
- Kuwait - Kuwait’s health and foreign ministries reported one child killed in Iranian attacks on the country. The Kuwaiti army said two interior ministry officers and two soldiers were also killed while on duty.
- Oman - One person was killed after a projectile struck the Marshall Islands-flagged product tanker MKD VYOM off the coast of Muscat.
- United Arab Emirates - The UAE’s defense ministry reported four people killed.
- Syria - State news agency SANA reported that four people died when an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern city of Sweida on February 28.
- Iraq - Iraqi police and health officials reported at least 15 people killed. Police sources told reporters that a commander from Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, was killed in an airstrike on his vehicle on March 5.
These tallies reflect official and organizational reports released amid rapidly changing battlefield conditions. In several instances, agencies noted uncertainties about whether specific categories of combatant casualties were included in their totals.
Note: The casualty figures above are those reported by national authorities and humanitarian organizations as of March 9. They have not been independently verified.