Washington-based group Human Rights Activists has put the total death toll in Iran at 585 people, with 1,326 other wounded, according to the Washington Post.

The group added that it had identified 239 of those killed in Israeli strikes as civilians and 126 as security personnel.

In its last update on Monday, Iran’s health ministry had said 224 Iranians had been killed and over 1,000 injured, most of them civilians.

Meanwhile, 24 people have been killed in Israel so far, more than 800 have been wounded and over 3,800 have been evacuated from their homes, CNN quoted a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office as saying.

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