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EU foreign ministers decided against expanding their naval operations around the Strait of Hormuz, even as President Donald Trump criticized allies who rebuffed his demands for assistance in reopening the critical waterway. Follow for live news updates.

We’ve been bringing you reporting on strikes across the Middle East today, as Israel has continued its attacks on Iran and Lebanon, and Tehran has kept up a stream of retaliatory strikes.

CNN is keeping a tally of the reported deaths in the region, though we are not able to independently verify these figures. So far today, fresh deaths have been reported in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.

Here’s what we know about the latest number of people killed in the region since February 28:

Iran: Iranian authorities have not updated the country’s official death toll in over a week, but Iran’s foreign minister said today that “hundreds of Iranian civilians,” including more than 200 children, have been killed since the conflict began. Iran’s ambassador to the UN said last Tuesday that more than 1,300 people have been killed in Iran in that time. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said yesterday that 1,330 civilians, including at least 206 children, have been killed, as well as 1,122 military personnel. Another 613 people have also died, HRANA said, but it has not yet been determined if they were civilian or military.

Lebanon: At least 886 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel began attacking the country on March 2, the Lebanese health ministry said today. Of those killed, 111 were children, it said.

Iraq: Two security sources told CNN today that at least 47 people have been killed in Iraq since the conflict began, the majority of them soldiers from the Popular Mobilization Force (PMF). A French soldier was also killed in an attack on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday.

Israel: At least 15 Israelis have been killed since the conflict began. This includes nine who were killed in a direct missile hit on a residential building on the city of Beit Shemesh, and two Israeli soldiers who were killed in southern Lebanon on March 8.

US: 13 US service members have been killed since the start of the conflict, including six who died when their refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq on Thursday. A further six US service members were killed in an Iranian strike that hit a makeshift operations center in Kuwait on March 1.

UAE: One person was killed after a missile landed on a vehicle in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, officials said today. Previously, the UAE’s defense ministry said that six people of Emirati, Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi nationalities have been killed as a result of “attacks.”

Kuwait: At least six people have died in Kuwait. This includes an 11-year-old girl who died from injuries sustained when shrapnel fell on a residential area on March 4.

Oman: An Indian national died after an unmanned boat attacked the oil tanker he was working on 52 nautical miles off the Omani coast, the Oman News Agency reported. Additionally, two foreign nationals were killed in a drone “crash” in Oman’s Sohar district, the country’s defense ministry said Friday.

Saudi Arabia: Two people were killed after a military projectile struck a residential facility in the city of Al-Kharj on March 8, the Saudi Civil Defense said.

Bahrain: One person was killed after debris from an intercepted missile sparked a fire on a “foreign vessel” in Bahrain’s Salman Industrial City, Bahraini state media said. Separately, a 29-year-old Bahraini woman died after an Iranian strike on the capital Manama, according to Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior.

CNN’s Charbel Mallo, Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, Tal Shalev, Tamar Michaelis, Kaanita Iyer, Haley Britzky, Nechirvan Mando, Aqeel Najim, Lex Harvey, Jessie Yeung, Laura Sharman, Ibrahim Dahman and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this reporting.

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