35 killed in Israel, over 8,000 injured since outbreak of Iran war, data shows

Israeli data showed Tuesday that 35 people have been killed and more than 8,000 injured since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, Anadolu reports.

The tally was given by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an independent think tank affiliated with Tel Aviv University, though no independent reports have verified the actual number of casualties or the extent of damage.

Israel enforces strict censorship on reporting its losses from missiles and drones launched by Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, as well as from ground fighting in southern Lebanon.

The institute said that Iran has launched more than 640 missiles that entered Israeli airspace, along with more than 765 drones since the war began.

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More than 6,300 people have been evacuated since the outbreak of the conflict, with the highest number recorded in Tel Aviv with 1,535 people, followed by Arad with about 1,510, Dimona with 1,150, and Beit Shemesh with 515, according to the data.

Tensions have escalated across the region since the US and Israel launched a joint offensive against Iran, killing more than 3,300 people, according to Iranian authorities. Tehran retaliated with drone and missile attacks targeting Israel, Iraq, Jordan and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.

The US and Iran held rare direct talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday aimed at ending their conflict, but the talks ended early Sunday without any agreement.

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