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.

7,269 Total documented casualties
16 Incidents with casualties

Records

Incidents ranked by casualty count

#IncidentCategorySeverityCasualtiesDateClassification
1Trump Issues Ultimatum: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Unless Iran CapitulatesForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity3,400April 5, 2026probable
2Trump Threats to Obliterate Iran's Civilian Power InfrastructureForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,600February 28, 2026probable
32026 Lebanon War — US Weapons Complicity in Mass Civilian Casualties and White Phosphorus AttacksComplicity in GenocideWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1,072March 2, 2026probable
4Operation Rough Rider: US Killed More Civilians in 52 Days Than in Previous 23 Years in YemenExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity528March 15, 2025probable
5Minab School Strike: US Tomahawk Cruise Missile Kills 175-180 SchoolgirlsForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity180February 28, 2026probable
6Iran War: Crime of Aggression — War Launched Without Congressional AuthorizationMilitary OverreachWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity170February 28, 2026probable
7Operation Southern Spear: Lethal Drone Strikes on Caribbean and Pacific Drug BoatsExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity95September 2, 2025probable
8US Strikes on Ras Issa Fuel Port Kill 84+ Civilians in YemenExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity80April 17, 2025probable
9Attacks on Iranian Healthcare Facilities: WHO Verifies 18 Strikes on Hospitals and Medical InfrastructureForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity63February 28, 2026probable
10US Airstrike Kills 68 African Migrants in Yemen Detention CenterExtrajudicial KillingWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity61April 28, 2025probable
11U.S. Double-Tap Strike Destroys Iran's B1 Bridge, Killing Civilians on Nowruz HolidayForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity8April 2, 2026probable
12Torture and Enforced Disappearances at 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome Detention CentersDeportation to TortureWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity6September 1, 2025probable
13HHS Dismantlement Under RFK Jr. Fuels Worst Measles Outbreak in 30 YearsFederal DismantlementSerious Rights Violation3March 27, 2025enabling
14Repeated Strikes Near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Risk Radioactive CatastropheForeign Policy & WarWar Crime / Crime Against Humanity1March 24, 2026probable
15ICE Agent Kills Renee Good, American Mother of Three, in MinneapolisExtrajudicial KillingCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern1January 7, 2026probable
16Federal Agents Kill ICU Nurse Alex Pretti During Minneapolis Immigration ProtestExtrajudicial KillingCritical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern1January 24, 2026probable