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The US military says a third American service member has been killed in recent days, this one in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone, bringing the total US death toll in the war with Iran to 17.
Getting into it: According to a statement from US Central Command, the soldier died July 18 during the detonation. A second service member suffered minor injuries and is being treated. CENTCOM is holding the soldier’s name until the notification process with next of kin wraps up.
That death came a day after two service members were killed in Jordan during a barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, with a third initially reported missing. On Sunday the military said remains had been found at the site and that efforts to identify them are still underway. Four other Americans wounded in the Jordan attack were evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been released, while others suffered minor injuries and returned to duty.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the Jordan strike, saying it hit a base used by US forces and that the attack managed to “completely destroy” several aircraft there. The US said its subsequent strikes were meant to “swiftly punish” the IRGC forces behind the attack.
This comes as fighting between the US and Iran has escalated since the interim ceasefire collapsed, with Trump declaring the agreement “over” on July 8. The US has now struck Iran for eight consecutive nights, hitting targets near Sirik and Shadegan, and Iranian media reported an overnight strike on a nuclear power plant under construction at Darkhovin.
Iran has fired back at US assets across the Gulf, hitting a Kuwaiti power and water desalination plant on two straight days and starting a fire, prompting the Gulf Cooperation Council to accuse Tehran of going after civilian infrastructure. Bahrain intercepted an incoming strike Sunday, and Jordan brought down three Iranian missiles and called in Iran’s chargé d’affaires to protest.






