Factbox: Hundreds Killed After U.S. and Israel Strike Iran — Iran Reports At Least 1,270 Dead (March 11)

March 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, drawing Gulf states that host U.S. forces and Lebanon into the fighting. The death tolls below are those reported by national and local authorities as of March 11. Reuters has not independently verified these figures.

Note: Figures are sourced from state and national authorities and media reports; some totals differ between sources.

Reported Death Tolls by Country

• IRAN — At least 1,270 reported killed, according to state media. That total includes 40 people killed in an Israeli strike on a residential district of Tehran on Monday. Iran's U.N. ambassador said the civilian toll exceeded 1,300, a discrepancy officials did not clarify. Separately, the Iranian military reported that at least 104 people were killed after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast on March 4.

• LEBANON — Lebanese authorities reported at least 594 killed in Israeli strikes. The World Health Organization said at least 84 of those killed were children.

• IRAQ — Iraqi police and health officials reported at least 16 fatalities. Police sources told Reuters that an airstrike on March 5 killed a commander from Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions.

  

  A mourner reacts as she attends a funeral ceremony for victims of Israeli and U.S. strikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

• ISRAEL — Twelve people have been reported killed, including nine who died in an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on March 1, according to ambulance service Magen David Adom. The military also reported two soldiers killed in southern Lebanon — the first troop fatalities since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed.

• UNITED STATES — The U.S. military said seven service members were killed in operations related to the conflict with Iran.

• SYRIA — State news agency SANA reported four people were killed when an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern city of Sweida on Feb. 28.

• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The UAE defense ministry reported six people killed in Iranian attacks.

  

  People carry coffins as they attend the funeral of the victims following an Israeli strike on a school, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026. Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

• SAUDI ARABIA — Two people were killed when a projectile fell on a residential area in Al-Kharj, southeast of Riyadh.

• BAHRAIN — Bahrain's interior ministry reported two people killed in two separate Iranian attacks, the most recent striking a residential building in Manama.

• KUWAIT — Kuwait's health ministry reported two civilians, including a child, killed in Iranian attacks. The Kuwaiti army also said two interior ministry officers and two soldiers were killed on duty.

• OMAN — The manager of the Marshall Islands‑flagged product tanker MKD VYOM said one person was killed after a projectile struck the vessel off the coast of Muscat.

Context: The fighting has included missile strikes on cities, cross‑border attacks, and maritime incidents. Casualty figures combine civilian and military deaths as reported by local authorities; independent verification is not available for many incidents.

Compiled by Nayera Abdallah, Jonathan Allen, Jana Choukeir, Menna Alaa El Din, Maayan Lubell, Pesha Magid and Ahmed Rasheed; Edited by Cynthia Osterman, Aidan Lewis and Christian Schmollinger. Reuters has not independently verified the reported totals.