Middle East War Death Toll Rises With Updated Iran, Lebanon, Israel Figures as U.S. Blockade Halts Iranian Sea Trade
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Over a month into the widening Middle East conflict, updated counts show mounting casualties in Iran, Lebanon and Israel even as the U.S. has moved to choke off Iranian maritime trade. The New York Times published new sourced figures this week that put at least 1,701 civilians killed in Iran — including 254 children, per the Human Rights Activists News Agency — and 2,124 dead in Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The reporting also tallied additional deaths across the region: at least 32 people killed in attacks attributed to Iran in Persian Gulf states, 22 civilians killed in Israel plus 12 Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon, and 13 U.S. service members killed; Iran’s Red Crescent president says more than 7,200 Iranians have been rescued from rubble after U.S. and Israeli strikes, underscoring the scale of destruction. The Pentagon has publicly framed the U.S.-led naval effort as having “completely halted” Iranian sea trade, while Iran has warned it may broaden retaliation across multiple seas.