Middle East – Web Desk: The ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran has resulted in thousands of deaths across the Middle East, including at least 217 children, according to US-based human rights group HRANA. The conflict, which began on February 28, has escalated with Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel, US bases, and Gulf states, while also opening a new front in Lebanon.
HRANA reported that a total of 3,300 people have been killed since the outbreak of hostilities. Of these, 1,464 were civilians, including at least 217 children. The group compiles its data from field reports, local contacts, medical and emergency sources, civil society networks, open-source materials, and official statements.
Other affected countries include:
- Lebanon: 1,094 deaths reported in Israeli strikes, including 121 children.
- Iraq: 88 killed, mostly Iran-aligned Shi’ite forces; an attack on Kurdish Peshmerga killed six.
- Israel: 16 civilians killed by Iranian missiles; three Israeli soldiers died in southern Lebanon.
- United States: 13 service members killed, including six in a refueling aircraft crash over Iraq.
- UAE: 10 deaths, including two soldiers.
- Qatar: Seven killed in a helicopter crash on March 22, including Turkish personnel and technicians.
- Kuwait: Six killed in Iranian attacks and domestic incidents.
- West Bank: Four Palestinian women killed in an Iranian missile strike.
- Syria: Four killed in Sweida from missile strikes.
- Oman: Two fatalities in a drone strike in Sohar, marking first deaths in the country.
- Saudi Arabia: Two deaths in Al-Kharj due to missile impact.
- Bahrain: Two deaths in Iranian attacks; one civilian contractor also killed.
- France: One French soldier killed, six wounded during a drone attack in northern Iraq.
Iran’s ambassador to the UN stated that at least 1,500 civilians have been killed by US-Israeli strikes. These figures have not been independently verified by Reuters.
The human toll highlights the growing civilian impact of the conflict and underscores calls from the international community for urgent de-escalation and protection of non-combatants.
