Death and destruction from US-Israel war on Iran climbing fast across Middle East

Ahram Online , Friday 20 Mar 2026

The death toll and destruction from the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iran's retaliatory strikes against Arab Gulf states, and the Israeli escalation of bombing of Lebanon have continued to rise.

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Iran: More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed in thousands of US-Israeli airstrikes across the country, up from 1,400 earlier in the week.

The US/Israeli strikes have damaged and destroyed tens of thousands of commercial and residential units in the country.

On the first day of the war on 28 February, an airstrike - believed to have been American - on a girls’ school in the south-eastern Iranian city of Minab killed 175 children and their teachers.

In Lebanon, the health ministry said 1,001 people, including tens of women and children, have been killed in Israeli strikes since 2 March.

Israeli airstrikes have destroyed tens of homes, buildings, and bridges, and displaced more than one million Lebanese.

In the Arab Gulf, nearly 30 people, including foreign residents, have been killed in Iranian drone and missile attacks on all six GCC members since 28 February.

Iranian drones and missiles on oil and gas facilities in the Gulf have caused serious damage to infrastructure.

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