Casualty index

Documented civilian casualties

This page ranks all documented incidents by civilian casualty count. Figures are sourced from independent monitoring organizations and represent documented or confirmed casualties, not estimates.

444,402 Total documented casualties
32 Incidents with casualties

Records

Incidents ranked by casualty count

#IncidentCategorySeverityCasualtiesDateClassification
1COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Deliberate Downplaying and Policy Failures Leading to Hundreds of Thousands of Preventable DeathsFederal DismantlementWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity400,000January 22, 2020potential
2Saudi Arms Deals and Complicity in Yemen War CrimesComplicity in GenocideWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity25,000May 20, 2017enabling
3Zero Tolerance Family Separation: Systematic Removal of Children from Asylum-Seeking ParentsDeportation to TortureWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity5,500April 6, 2018confirmed
4Trump Issues Ultimatum: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Unless Iran CapitulatesForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity3,400April 5, 2026probable
5Hurricane Maria and the Federal Abandonment of Puerto RicoFederal DismantlementWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity2,975September 20, 2017potential
6Iran War: Crime of Aggression — War Launched Without Congressional AuthorizationMilitary OverreachWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,700February 28, 2026probable
7Trump Threats to Obliterate Iran's Civilian Power InfrastructureForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,600February 28, 2026probable
8Drone War Expansion: Relaxed Rules of Engagement and Surging Civilian CasualtiesExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,300March 6, 2017probable
92026 Lebanon War — US Weapons Complicity in Mass Civilian Casualties and White Phosphorus AttacksComplicity in GenocideWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,072March 2, 2026probable
10Operation Rough Rider: US Killed More Civilians in 52 Days Than in Previous 23 Years in YemenExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity528March 15, 2025probable
11U.S. Complicity in Israel's Operation Eternal Darkness: April 8 Lebanon MassacreComplicity in GenocideWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity357April 8, 2026probable
12Betrayal of Kurdish Allies: U.S. Withdrawal Enabling Turkish Military Offensive in Northeast SyriaForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity218October 7, 2019enabling
13Minab School Strike: US Tomahawk Cruise Missile Kills 175-180 SchoolgirlsForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity180February 28, 2026probable
14Somalia Civilian Casualties: Loosened Targeting Rules and Transparency RollbacksExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity150March 13, 2017potential
15Operation Southern Spear: Lethal Drone Strikes on Caribbean and Pacific Drug BoatsExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity95September 2, 2025probable
16US Strikes on Ras Issa Fuel Port Kill 84+ Civilians in YemenExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity80April 17, 2025probable
17Attacks on Iranian Healthcare Facilities: WHO Verifies 18 Strikes on Hospitals and Medical InfrastructureForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity63February 28, 2026probable
18US Airstrike Kills 68 African Migrants in Yemen Detention CenterExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity61April 28, 2025probable
19ICE Detention: Deaths, Abuse, and Inhumane Conditions in Immigration Detention FacilitiesDeportation to TortureWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity41January 20, 2017confirmed
20Yakla Raid: Trump's First Military Operation Kills Civilians and a U.S. Navy SEALExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity25January 29, 2017potential
21Assassination of Qasem Soleimani: Extrajudicial Killing Without Congressional AuthorizationExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity9January 3, 2020probable
22Shayrat Airbase Strike: Unilateral Military Action Against Syria Without Congressional AuthorizationMilitary OverreachCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern9April 6, 2017potential
23U.S. Double-Tap Strike Destroys Iran's B1 Bridge, Killing Civilians on Nowruz HolidayForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity8April 2, 2026probable
24January 6 Capitol Insurrection: Incitement of an Attack on Democratic Transition of PowerRule of LawWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity7January 6, 2021potential
25Children in Cages: CBP Overcrowding, Freezing Cells, and Documented Child DeathsDeportation to TortureWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity7May 1, 2019confirmed
26Torture and Enforced Disappearances at 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome Detention CentersDeportation to TortureWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity6September 1, 2025probable
27MOAB Strike in Afghanistan: First Combat Use of Largest Non-Nuclear BombMilitary OverreachCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern4April 13, 2017potential
28HHS Dismantlement Under RFK Jr. Fuels Worst Measles Outbreak in 30 YearsFederal DismantlementSerious Rights Violation3March 27, 2025enabling
29Repeated Strikes Near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Risk Radioactive CatastropheForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1March 24, 2026probable
30Federal Agents Kill ICU Nurse Alex Pretti During Minneapolis Immigration ProtestExtrajudicial KillingCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern1January 24, 2026probable
31ICE Agent Kills Renee Good, American Mother of Three, in MinneapolisExtrajudicial KillingCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern1January 7, 2026probable
32Charlottesville: Trump's Defense of White Supremacists After the Unite the Right RallyCivil RightsCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern1August 12, 2017enabling