Iran’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 606 Iranians had been killed and 5,332 injured during Israel’s 12-day bombing of the country, while a US-based rights group put the number closer to 1,000.
Health Minister Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi said 107 were killed in the previous 24 hours as Israel dramatically ramped up its attacks on the country before a fragile ceasefire, which appears to be holding, went into effect. President Trump criticized Israel for ramping up the attacks after he announced the truce.
The breakdown of the casualties is unclear, but Zafarqandi said women and children were among the dead. He said Israel targeted military, nuclear, and residential sites, killing top military commanders, scientists, and ordinary civilians.
The Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI), which is based in Washington and is critical of the Islamic government in Tehran, said that as of Monday night, it has confirmed 974 fatalities using non-government sources. The dead include 387 civilians, 268 military personnel, and 319 who have yet to be classified.
The HRAI’s news agency said that over the past 11 days, it had recorded Israeli attacks on “infrastructure, military and civilian facilities, residential areas, and industrial zones across 26 provinces.”
Zafarqandi said that Iran hit back at Israel with 22 waves of ballistic missile attacks. According to the latest numbers from the Israeli government, the Iranian strikes killed 28 people, including civilians who were killed in residential buildings.
