U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday evening that after searches by U.S. forces in Jordan, body parts were found and transferred for identification. The remains are believed to belong to the service member missing since Saturday's Iranian strike, raising the American death toll from Iranian attacks to four.
Sunday evening, CENTCOM confirmed that the body parts found at the Jordan strike site belong to the American soldier missing since Saturday's Iranian attack. The identification raises the U.S. death toll from Iranian strikes to four. The process of identification continues.
The confirmation follows a sequence of reports earlier Sunday evening. At 22:16 Jerusalem, the U.S. Army first reported that unidentified remains were found at the site. Within minutes, multiple versions of the military statement emerged, including a report of a third body. By 22:22 Jerusalem, The Zioneer, citing Israeli media, reported that three U.S. soldiers had been killed in the past 24 hours and that remains were found in Jordan. A separate bulletin at 22:29 Jerusalem stated that the death toll had risen to four.
As The Zioneer reported at 22:22 Jerusalem, a U.S. soldier was also killed in a controlled explosion in northern Iraq, contributing to the overall toll. The initial reports of casualties were unverified, but by evening, CENTCOM and the U.S. Army had provided on-record confirmations. The background includes the Saturday Iranian strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, which killed two soldiers initially.
The identification process is ongoing, and no further details on the soldier's identity or the circumstances of the strike have been released.
6 developments
- StrongUS Army confirms body of missing soldier found in Jordan, reports another soldier killed in Iraq
- StrongN12: Three US soldiers killed in past 24 hours; remains found at Jordan strike site, soldier killed in northern Iraq controlled blast
- DevelopingThe Zioneer: Two US soldiers killed in Jordan attack include male and female soldier
- StrongReport: Coffins of US soldiers killed in Jordan transferred
Source and signal
- Internal intake