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Two U.S. service members were killed Friday while defending against an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan, and another service member is missing, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.
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Central Command, known as CENTCOM, said the troops were killed in action as U.S. and partner forces responded to the attack. It did not specify where in Jordan the attack occurred or provide additional details about the circumstances.
Four other American service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan but have since been discharged, CENTCOM said. Other personnel who were evaluated for minor injuries have returned to duty.
CENTCOM said it was withholding the identities of the two service members killed until 24 hours after their families have been notified.
The U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on Saturday at President Donald Trump\u2019s direction in order to \u201cswiftly punish\u201d Iranian forces for the attack, CENTCOM said in a statement.
CENTCOM said that the strikes were also intended to weaken Iran\u2019s \u201cability to threaten commercial shipping\u201d in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest move by the U.S. to pressure Tehran to give up its control<\/a> of the critical trade route.
Late Saturday, CENTCOM said U.S. forces completed the eighth consecutive night of launching munitions against Iran, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces believed to have targeted U.S. service members in Jordan on Friday.
It said U.S. forces struck Iranian military surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime assets and missile and drone storage sites.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday that it was investigating reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of Iran\u2019s planned Darkhovin nuclear power plant.
Iran\u2019s semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Telegram overnight that its own forces had launched \u201cmassive drone attacks\u201d on key U.S. military sites in Kuwait and that its attacks would impact U.S. military support operations in the Middle East.
Kuwait\u2019s army said Sunday that its air defenses were \u201cconfronting hostile missile and drone attacks.\u201d
The country\u2019s electricity ministry said on X that Iran had attacked a power and water desalination plant twice in two days, causing a fire in part of the facility.
Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet, <\/em>said Sunday that its air defenses had intercepted an Iranian attack. Its interior ministry said on X that citizens and residents should \u201cremain calm and head to the nearest safe place.\u201d
Jordan\u2019s army forces said it shot down three Iranian missiles targeting the kingdom, according to state television.
The attack that killed U.S. forces comes as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran has intensified <\/a>following the collapse of an interim ceasefire. The two countries have traded daily strikes over the past week, with Iran launching ballistic missiles and drones at U.S. military positions and American allies across the region, including Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, while U.S. forces have carried out repeated strikes on Iranian military targets.
Jordan said earlier Saturday that its forces intercepted Iranian missiles and drones that Tehran said were aimed at an American military base in the country. Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed at least two U.S. fighter jets were destroyed in the attack, according to Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency. NBC News has not independently verified that claim.
Gordon Lubold is a national security reporter for NBC News.
Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
I am NBC News\u2019 producer & off-air reporter covering stories about and related to the Defense Department around the world.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
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