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

Escalating strikes between the U.S., Israel, and Iran have left hundreds dead across the Middle East in just four days, with Iran reporting 787 fatalities and mounting casualties also confirmed in Israel, Lebanon, and several Gulf states hosting U.S. forces.

Jonathan Allen Reuters

Menna Alaa El Din Reuters

Maayan Lubell Reuters

March 04, 2026

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

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 4, 2026.

Claudia Greco/Reuters

Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states that host U.S. 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 3, the fourth day of the war. Reuters has not independently verified these deaths.


IRAN787 people killed, including 165 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 death toll included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military casualties.


ISRAEL10 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 Defense Forces has reported no military casualties.


LEBANON40 people killed in Israeli missile strikes, according to Lebanon's health ministry.

BAHRAINOne person killed after fire broke out in Bahrain's Salman Industrial City following missile interception, according to the interior ministry.


KUWAITOne person killed, according to Kuwait's health ministry. Separately, the Kuwaiti army said that two soldiers were killed "in military operations," without providing details on the circumstances of their death.


OMANOne person killed after a projectile hit the Marshall Islands–flagged product tanker MKD VYOM off the coast of Muscat.


UNITED ARAB EMIRATESThree people killed, according to UAE's defense ministry.

U.S. MILITARYSix U.S. service members were killed in a strike on a facility in Kuwait, according to U.S. Central Command.

-Jonathan Allen, Menna Alaa El Din, Maayan Lubell, Pesha Magrid/Reuters

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