Casualties of the Twelve-Day War

During the Twelve-Day War between Iran and Israel, by 28 June 2025, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), a US-based organization, reported that Israeli strikes killed 1,190 people and wounded over 4,000. Among the fatalities were 436 civilians, 435 military personnel, and 319 individuals whose status could not be confirmed. The Iranian health ministry also stated that more than 4,000 people have been wounded. The Times of Israel reported that Iranian strikes killed 28 Israeli civilians and one off-duty soldier, and caused 3,238 hospitalized injuries.

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In Iran

Iranian health authorities reported 610 killed, stating initially that the majority of the early casualties were civilians. According to NBC News, the Iranian health ministry stated that more than 2,500 people have been wounded, before later increasing to 4,700. HRANA reported that, as of 28 June 2025^[update], 1,190 had been killed, including 435 military members, 436 civilians and 319 unidentified dead. 4,475 people were injured.

Regional sources said that at least 20 senior commanders were killed in the strikes. Confirmed casualties include Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Hossein Salami, IRGC senior commander Gholam Ali Rashid, and IRGC commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh. The IDF said that a strike on an underground command center killed most of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force's leadership after they had convened for a meeting, including IRGC air force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh as well as the leaders of the IRGC's air defense and drone units. In total, the IDF reported killing at least six senior military commanders—Bagheri, Salami, Ali Rashid, Hajizadeh, IRGC air defense unit commander Davoud Shaykhian, and IRGC drone unit commander Taher Pour. The New York Times reported the death of Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, although Israel believes that he is still alive. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IRGC intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy, Hassan Mohaqeq, were killed. Ali Shamkhani, a rear admiral and member of the Expediency Discernment Council, was reportedly killed in an airstrike on 13 June 2025. Shamkhani was one of the political appointees overseeing the 2025 Iran–United States negotiations. On 16 June, websites citing Iranian media reported that Shamkhani survived, but required a leg amputation and suffered organ damage. Iranian media confirmed on 20 June that he was still alive, and in stable condition after recovering from severe injuries from the strike.

Nuclear scientists Fereydoon Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi were also killed, according to Iranian state media. Tasnim News Agency^{[deprecated source]} later added four more scientists who were killed. Israel named nine nuclear scientists who it said were killed, including successors to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the chief of Iran's nuclear program who was assassinated in 2020. Two regional sources reported on 15 June that the death toll of Iranian nuclear scientists rose to 14, including some killed in car bombings.

Civilians, including women and children, were among the casualties identified. Tasnim News Agency^{[deprecated source]} reported that over 50 people were injured in Tehran's northern district of Tajrish, including 35 women and children who were taken to Chamran Hospital. The governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province said 31 people were killed during the first day's strikes in the province, including 30 soldiers and one member of the Iranian Red Crescent Society. The Iranian Tennis Federation named professional padel player, Parsa Mansour being amongst the casualties. France 24 interviewed several people inside Iran who said civilians were among the victims of the Israeli attack. Iranian hospital staff reported that children were killed in the Israeli attacks.

The Iranian army claimed to have downed multiple Israeli fighter jets, allegedly killing one pilot and capturing the other. To date, no evidence has surfaced confirming these claims, while at least one video and one image purporting to show the downing of Israeli F-35's have been debunked as disinformation. The IDF has repeatedly denied claims of air force casualties or damage. Due to the absence of bomb shelters in Tehran, Iranians were instructed to shelter in underground parking lots.

Iran was reported to have executed Esmail Fekri by hanging on 16 June 2025, after he was arrested in 2023 and convicted of passing sensitive intelligence to Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency.

In Israel

On 14 June, Magen David Adom reported that 63 people were injured in the Iranian ballistic missile strike – one in critical condition, another in serious condition, and eight with moderate injuries, while the rest suffered minor wounds. One fatality was confirmed. In Tel Aviv, rescue teams pulled two individuals alive from a collapsed building. Later in the day Walla News reported three Israelis were killed and 172 injured. All three were killed in central Israel, in Ramat Gan and Rishon LeZion. Three Jordanian civilians were injured.

On 14 June, local media outlets reported that five Israelis were killed across northern Israel by Iranian missiles. Later reporting, however, mentioned four deaths.

On 15 June, it was reported that nine Israeli civilians (nearly a third of all the casualties suffered by Israel during the war) were killed, and nearly 200 were wounded as a result of a missile strike in central Bat Yam. The casualties include five members of a family from Ukraine who were in Israel for cancer treatment for a 7 year old member of the family. An attack on Rehovot left 42 wounded.

On 16 June, following Iranian ballistic missile attacks on Haifa and Tel Aviv, the death toll was reported to be eight, with approximately 100 individuals injured. On the same day, CNN reported casualties in Israel of 24 people killed and 592 wounded, with 10 of them in serious condition.

Another person died on 20 June after suffering a heart attack while heading to a missile shelter. According to Israel's Ministry of Health, 2,517 people were injured as of 20 June, 2025, of which 107 were admitted due to anxiety attack.

During the ceasefire, it was reported that the death toll was at 28 killed with over 3,238 injured.

See also

• Iran–Israel relations
• List of Iranian officials killed during the 2026 Iran war

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