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Jordan and Iraq deaths
The U.S. military said a service member was killed on Saturday in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian attack drone, while CENTCOM also reported that two U.S. service members were killed in Jordan on Friday amid Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.
“three Army soldiers were killed in “devastating” ballistic missile attacks on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan”
The Intercept reported that three Army soldiers were killed in “devastating” ballistic missile attacks on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, and it identified Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, as killed in action on Friday and Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, as killed on Saturday.
The Intercept said the third soldier was provisionally listed as missing and that “unidentified remains” found after the attack were “certainly” those of the missing soldier, while Al Jazeera said the latest casualty announcements increased to 17 U.S. military personnel killed and at least 420 wounded with at least one missing.
CBS News said the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware was scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday for U.S. service members killed in Iranian strikes in recent days, and it described the transfer as marking the return of 1st Lt. Tyler J. Feehan, Sgt. Michael E. Swinton, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales.
The Intercept also said the surge in deaths and injuries raised the official U.S. casualty count to at least 446, while Al Jazeera said at least 420 wounded and at least one missing were recorded in its latest tally.
Pentagon dispute over injuries
The New York Times reporting described the Pentagon as withholding information on dozens of American service members injured in Iranian strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan, and The Times of India said those injuries were never disclosed by the Pentagon.
The Intercept said CENTCOM withheld information about Americans killed and injured from the public and that the Pentagon’s official tally of dead and wounded personnel is a gross undercount, citing a U.S. government official’s description of a “casualty cover-up.”
The Times of India quoted Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell rejecting the New York Times report as “baseless and malicious accusations” and “outright lies from partisan hacks at the New York Times.”
The Intercept reported that a U.S. official told it recent attacks had wounded “far more” personnel than are reflected in the Pentagon’s current casualty count, and it said “dozens” had received medical attention.
Noor News said the Defense Casualty Analysis System currently records 482 wounded, and it described the figure as coming from official statistics released by the Pentagon in the system.
Cost, strikes, and fallout
CBS News said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the Iran war has cost about $37.5 billion, while multiple sources familiar with the matter said the total cost could be far higher.
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the Iran war has cost about $37.5 billion”
The Hill reported that U.S. Central Command launched its 10th consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Monday afternoon, describing the strikes as designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
CBS News also said CENTCOM completed an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran at about 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and it said the latest round lasted just over an hour and targeted aircraft hangars, drone storage and operations centers.
The Intercept said U.S. bases across the Middle East suffered “significant” damage over the last week and that Iran had learned how to defeat U.S. air defense systems by overwhelming them using a mix of ballistic missiles and attack drones.
The Intercept added that U.S. Central Command announced it had “successfully completed the ninth consecutive evening of strikes,” claiming that the “U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” as President Donald Trump said on Sunday that “We hit them very hard, again, tonight” in honor of the “probably three” killed.