In Numbers: The civilian toll of US-Israeli aggression against Iran after 17 days

By Press TV Website Staff

Israeli-American war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran entered its 17th day on Monday, with civilians and civilian infrastructure bearing the brunt of the onslaught.

The unprovoked and illegal war was launched on February 28, in the middle of indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, as the United States and the Israeli regime carried out indiscriminate strikes across multiple Iranian provinces, including Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with several top-ranking military commanders, was assassinated in the first wave of the cowardly aggression.

In the days that followed, as Iranian armed forces inflicted heavy blows on the enemy through powerful retaliatory operations under the banner ‘Operation True Promise 4’.

The aggressors then expanded their attacks on civilian infrastructure across the country, targeting hospitals, schools, heritage sites, as well as oil and water facilities.

According to Iran’s health ministry, the latest figures as of Monday, March 17, are as follows:

🔺 13 children under 5 martyred

🔺 1,275 individuals under 18 wounded

🔺 45 children under 2 wounded

🔺 204 individuals under 18 martyred

🔺 17 health defenders martyred

🔺1,070 individuals currently hospitalized

🔺18,254 discharged from hospitals

🔺33 ambulances damaged or destroyed

🔺47 mobile ambulance centers damaged

🔺159 medical centers damaged

🔺6 hospitals evacuated

🔺Tehran and Hormozgan with most number of martyrs

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