The Pentagon identified Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, as one of two U.S. soldiers killed in the July 17 Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Gonzales served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based in Germany, and was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve when she was killed.
The Pentagon on Monday (Jul 20) released additional details on Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, one of two U.S. service members killed in the July 17 Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Gonzales, from Carrollton, Texas, served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based in Ansbach, Germany, and was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The update provides her unit affiliation and hometown, building on the Pentagon's initial identification Sunday.
As The Zioneer reported Sunday at 06:44 Jerusalem, the Department of Defense had identified both Gonzales and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, as the two fatalities. Earlier Sunday, Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) claimed that intelligence from China and Russia enabled the strike, though that claim remains unverified. The attack itself was first reported on July 17; subsequent reporting by The Zioneer detailed visual evidence of missile impacts at the base and a higher casualty count than initially acknowledged, including dozens of wounded and damage to helicopters.
The attack marks a significant escalation in Iran's direct strikes on U.S. forces. As The Zioneer reported Saturday, the Pentagon has since confirmed 13 U.S. service members wounded in the broader wave of Iranian strikes. The U.S. military has increased air defense measures in the region.
What remains open: The Pentagon has not released the number of wounded from the Jordan base attack or the extent of damage. The claim about Chinese and Russian involvement in targeting data remains unverified and from a single source.
6 developments
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- DevelopingCENTCOM says it struck the launch site of the missiles that killed US soldiers in Jordan
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