The Pentagon is offering the clearest tally yet of US casualties as the 11-day-old war with Iran grinds on. About 140 American service members have been wounded since fighting began, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday in an emailed statement, per Stars and Stripes. Parnell said the vast majority of injuries are minor and 108 wounded service members have already returned to duty. Eight are listed as severely wounded "and are receiving the highest level of medical care," Parnell said. Before Tuesday's statement, officials had only acknowledged the eight severe injuries.
Hours before Parnell's statement, sources told Reuters that up to 150 American personnel had been injured. The US has recorded seven combat deaths—six in Kuwait and one in Saudi Arabia—along with another non-combat death in Kuwait attributed to a medical issue, reports Stars and Stripes. The update landed as Iran fired more missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf Arab states, and as Israel continued airstrikes on targets in Tehran and Lebanon. Regional death tolls are climbing sharply: officials say at least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran, 397 in Lebanon, and 11 in Israel since the conflict began.
Gulf nations are increasingly being drawn in. The United Arab Emirates reported two additional fatalities after nine drones hit its territory; nearly three dozen other drones and missiles were intercepted, bringing the UAE's total deaths to six. In Bahrain, authorities said an Iranian strike on a residential building in the capital, Manama, killed a 29-year-old woman and injured eight others.
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