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Jordan deaths trigger strikes
The U.S. military said two U.S. service members were killed and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in Jordan, as CENTCOM forces and partner forces repelled the strikes.
CENTCOM said the new airstrikes began at 6 p.m. ET Saturday at the direction of President Trump, and were designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to the deaths in a post on X saying, "Godspeed, heroes."
The BBC reported that the incident followed a week of renewed hostilities in which Washington reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports and Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, after a preliminary ceasefire collapsed less than a month after it began.
Travel warning and rival claims
The State Department issued a worldwide advisory telling Americans to "exercise increased caution" due to the war in the Middle East, and warned that flight interruptions and targeted U.S. diplomatic facilities could affect Americans abroad.
Fox News contributor Joey Jones said on "The Big Weekend Show" that the eighth consecutive night of U.S. operations sends a message after Iran killed American troops, adding, "if you slap me, I will punch you."
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement that America’s "repeated breaches" of the agreement had "laid bare a fundamental truth" and accused the U.S. of seeking to "escalate the conflict."
The BBC reported that Jordan’s military earlier said it had intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight, without reporting any damage, while CENTCOM said it would withhold additional information including identities until 24 hours after next of kin were notified.
Escalation stakes and totals
The U.S. strikes entered an eighth straight night, with CENTCOM saying they were intended to "swiftly punish" Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces that launched attacks against American service members in Jordan.
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The BBC said the U.S. death toll in the conflict has risen to 16, after an American Navy pilot who went missing earlier this month was declared dead, marking the second increase in the toll this week.
In Kuwait, the Guardian reported that the Gulf Cooperation Council secretary-general Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi condemned Iran’s attacks on Kuwait’s power and water desalination plant as "war crimes," while the BBC said Kuwait said a power plant and a water distillation plant had been hit.
The PBS/AP report described the widening strikes as threatening civilians and infrastructure, and said Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state TV that Tehran was "no longer implementing" commitments under the interim deal, as the war showed "no end in sight."
