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American forces face rising deaths in escalating war with Iran
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- The U.S. military reported the 17th American service member death in the ongoing conflict with Iran, highlighting the lethal risks from drones, missiles, and aircraft even without ground combat.
- Early fatalities included six soldiers killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, a seventh soldier wounded in Saudi Arabia who later died, and six killed in a KC-135 refueling plane crash in Iraq.
- Recent deaths include a Navy pilot killed in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea and two service members killed defending against Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan.
- The latest U.S. fatality occurred during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from an Iranian drone in northern Iraq, with another service member wounded.
- Iranian officials report at least 50 killed and over 500 wounded in U.S. strikes, with casualties also among foreign workers and civilians in Gulf nations, Israel, and Lebanon.
