US-Israel War on Iran: Death Toll Rises Across Middle East

Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, 2026. The conflict has quickly drawn in Gulf states that host US military bases and personnel, as well as Lebanon, escalating regional tensions. According to the non-profit humanitarian group Iranian Red Crescent Society, at least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran alone, including a tragic incident where 175 schoolgirls and staff died in a missile strike on a primary school in Minab, southern Iran, on the first day of the war.

Contradictory Claims and Mounting Evidence

Investigative group Bellingcat has released a video that appears to contradict US President Donald Trump's assertion that Iran was responsible for the explosion. Meanwhile, mounting evidence points to US culpability for the February 28 strike, which targeted a school adjacent to a Revolutionary Guard base in Minab, located in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province. Experts interviewed by The Associated Press, citing satellite image analysis, suggest the school was likely struck amid a quick succession of bombs dropped on the compound.

Detailed Death Tolls as of March 9

Here are the death tolls from the war as reported by countries as of March 9, more than a week after the conflict began:

Iran: At least 1,230 people killed, including the 175 schoolgirls and staff in Minab. It remains unclear if this overall toll includes Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military casualties. Additionally, the Iranian army reported at least 104 deaths after a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast last week, though these were not included in the Red Crescent's figures.
Israel: Two soldiers killed in southern Lebanon, marking the first fatalities among Israeli troops since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed. Eleven civilians have also died, including nine in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on March 1, according to Israel's ambulance service Magen David Adom.
United States: Seven servicemembers killed in action during operations against Iran, as stated by the US military.
Lebanon: At least 394 people killed in Israeli strikes, including 83 children, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
Saudi Arabia: Two people killed when a projectile fell on a residential area in Al-Kharj city, southeast of Riyadh.
Bahrain: One person killed after a fire broke out in Salman Industrial City following missile interception on March 2, per the interior ministry.
Kuwait: One child killed in Iranian attacks, with two interior ministry officers and two army soldiers also killed on duty, according to Kuwait's health and foreign ministries and the army.
Oman: One person killed after a projectile hit the Marshall Islands–flagged product tanker MKD VYOM off the coast of Muscat.
United Arab Emirates: Four people killed, as reported by the UAE's defense ministry.
Syria: Four people killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in Sweida on February 28, according to state news agency SANA.
Iraq: At least 15 people killed, per Iraqi police and health officials. One commander from the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, was killed in an airstrike on his vehicle on March 5, though Reuters has not independently verified these deaths.

The humanitarian impact of this conflict continues to grow, with casualties spreading across multiple nations and raising concerns about further escalation in the volatile region.