Israeli media reports identify the American soldier killed in the July 17 Iranian ballistic missile and drone strike on a Jordan base as Pvt. Isabella Gonzalez, 19, of Texas. The name is spelled with a 'z' (Gonzalez), differing from the Pentagon's earlier identification of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales.
On Monday afternoon, Israeli media outlets reported that the American soldier killed in the July 17 Iranian ballistic missile and drone strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan has been identified as Pvt. Isabella Gonzalez, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. The spelling with a 'z' (Gonzalez) differs from the Pentagon's earlier identification of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales (with an 's'), which The Zioneer reported on Sunday morning. The discrepancy likely reflects a transliteration difference, but the Israeli reports provide a consistent spelling.
This update follows the Department of Defense's identification of the two soldiers killed in the attack. On Sunday, The Zioneer reported that the Pentagon named Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, as the casualties. A previous version of this story had reported Rep. Riley Moore's claim that China and Russia provided targeting data to Iran for the attack.
The soldier served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based in Germany, and was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The attack on the Jordanian base was the first major Iranian strike on a U.S. base since the October 7 war, as The Zioneer reported on Sunday.
The identity of the second soldier, 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, has not been subject to any spelling variation. The Israeli media report does not offer new details on the circumstances of the attack or the source of the corrected spelling.
6 developments
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- DevelopingCENTCOM says it struck the launch site of the missiles that killed US soldiers in Jordan
- StrongExclusive footage: Arab channel claims Patriot failure in Iranian strike on US base in Jordan
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