The number of U.S. troops who have been wounded or injured during the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran now exceeds 200 across seven countries, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday, providing the most detailed accounting yet of how American personnel have been put in harm’s way.
Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, the chief spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said U.S. troops have been wounded in Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, primarily in the first few days of the conflict.
Some injuries have been reported only in the past few days, he said, as symptoms — primarily from traumatic brain injuries — become apparent. Central Command oversees U.S. military operations through the Middle East.
The injuries have occurred as Iran has launched waves of missile and one-way attack drones on U.S. positions and civilian targets in countries across the region in response to President Donald Trump’s extensive military campaign against Iran, which began three weeks ago. U.S. strikes in recent days have focused heavily on taking out Iranian missile launchers and drone storage facilities, in a bid to limit Iran’s ability to fight back, U.S. officials have said.
Last week, senior Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell disclosed that more than 140 U.S. troops had been injured in the war, with most quickly returning to duty. Eight were seriously injured, Parnell said at the time.
Hawkins said Monday that the number of troops seriously injured has since increased to 10, after military officials recharacterized the injuries of two service members wounded in the opening days of the campaign.
Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iranian attacks and six died last week after a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in Iraq in an accident involving another plane, U.S. military officials have said.
The most significant attack on American personnel occurred Feb. 28 at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait, where a one-way attack drone struck a tactical operations center. Six U.S. soldiers were killed. A seventh soldier died of injuries suffered in an attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
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