BREAKING: Third American Service Member Killed in Iran Battle This Weekend

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday {that a} third service member had been killed in motion this weekend. The service member, who has not been named, was killed in northern Iraq throughout what CENTCOM described as a “managed detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way assault drone.” One other service member was injured within the incident and is receiving medical care.

CENTCOM additionally confirmed that it had recovered unidentified human stays from Jordan, the place a separate Iranian assault Saturday resulted in two confirmed U.S. deaths and one service member reported lacking in motion. Efforts to establish the stays are “ongoing,” in line with the Pentagon.

The three confirmed fatalities this weekend convey the variety of American troops who’ve died within the battle to 17.