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Pentagon Refuses to Add Iranian Strike Deaths to Toll

7/28/2026

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Iranian strike on an operations center in Kuwait killed six soldiers and hospitalized over 30 with burns and brain trauma.
The Pentagon, citing data disruptions, reduced casualty totals to 482 wounded and 18 dead and refused to add four newly killed soldiers to the Operation Epic Fury death-toll page.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the strike a “squirter” and said coverage was meant to make President Donald Trump look bad.

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Iranian strike on an operations center in Kuwait killed six soldiers and hospitalized over 30 with burns and brain trauma.
The Pentagon, citing data disruptions, reduced casualty totals to 482 wounded and 18 dead and refused to add four newly killed soldiers to the Operation Epic Fury death-toll page.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the strike a “squirter” and said coverage was meant to make President Donald Trump look bad.