The World Health Organisation has raised a fresh alarm over the humanitarian toll of the ongoing military offensive by the United States and Israel against Iran, revealing that over 1,800 people have been killed and 12,500 others injured in less than two weeks.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a statement shared on his X handle yesterday, warned that health systems across the Middle East are under “immense strain” and on the verge of total collapse. The conflict, which escalated sharply on February 28 following a massive joint US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians.
According to the WHO chief, the reported toll from the conflict shows that Iran has suffered more than 1,300 deaths and about 9,000 injuries, Lebanon has recorded at least 570 deaths and around 1,400 injuries, and Israel has seen 15 deaths and approximately 2,142 injuries.
