Two US service members killed, one missing following Iranian strikes in Jordan
CENTCOM said four other service members were evacuated and later released, while 16 U.S. troops have died and more than 430 have been wounded in the war.
- On Saturday, the US military announced two American service members were killed Friday in an attack on a base in Jordan, marking the first US combat fatalities in the Middle East conflict since March.
- CENTCOM conducted its seventh straight night of strikes early Saturday, targeting 'surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities' after a fragile ceasefire collapsed earlier this month.
- Iranian strikes hit a water desalination plant and oil facility in Kuwait on Saturday, injuring several people and forcing power generation units offline in a nation dependent on desalination for 90% of its drinking water.
- Iran's Health Ministry reported 50 people killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes over the past three weeks, while Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran is 'no longer implementing' the interim peace deal.
- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei warned of 'unforgettable lessons' if the US continues attacks, stating that President Donald Trump's signature on the Islamabad Memorandum was 'worthless and invalid.
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The Iranian attack on a US base in Jordan, which killed two soldiers and left one missing, is the fourth attack on US forces in five days. A separate attack on another base reportedly damaged several UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
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WASHINGTON — Two U.S. soldiers were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan on Friday, the U.S. military said, the first U.S. troops to die from hostile fire since Tehran and Washington ended their ceasefire a week ago. The post US launches strikes after Iranian attack kills 2 American soldiers appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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