Iran denies Trump’s claim it requested ceasefire, calling it ‘false and baseless’

Death toll in war surpasses 5,000, according to human rights groupspublished at 00:31 BST

The number of deaths in the US-Israel war against Iran has passed 5,000 according to the latest reports compiled by various agencies, and reported by Reuters.

The BBC has not independently verified these numbers.

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US-based rights group HRANA says that 1,598 of those were civilians, including at least 244 children.

The Red Cross and Red Crescent said on Friday that at least 1,900 people have been killed and 20,000 injured in Iran in the US-Israeli strikes so far, but it’s unclear if those figures include at least 104 people who the Iranian military said were killed in a 4 March US attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka.

Lebanon – 1,318

That number includes 124 children, Lebanese officials say. Israel launched strikes on Lebanon on 2 March and more than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since then.

At least nine Lebanese soldiers have been killed and three UN peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in separate incidents.

Iraq – at least 107

Iraqi health authorities say that number includes civilians, members of the Iran-affiliated Shi’ite Popular Mobilisation Forces, US-allied Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, police and army, as well as a foreign crew member who was killed in an attack on tankers near an Iraqi port. A French soldier providing counterterrorism training was killed in a drone attack.

Israel – 19

Israel’s ambulance service says that missiles launched from Iran and Lebanon towards Israel have killed 19. The Israeli military also says that 10 of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon. Separately, an Israeli farmer died near the border on 22 March when Israeli forces misfired.

United States – 13

Six service members were confirmed dead after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq. Seven others were killed in action during operations in Iran, the US military has said.

Fatalities across the region

Deaths have also been recorded in the United Arab Emirates (11), Qatar (7), Kuwait (7), The West Bank (4), Syria (4), Bahrain (2), Oman (2), and Saudi Arabia (2).

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