{"id":6528,"date":"2026-07-19T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:28:35","slug":"us-military-confirms-death-of-two-soldiers-in-iranian-missile-attack-on-base-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6528","title":{"rendered":"US Military Confirms Death of Two Soldiers in Iranian Missile Attack on Base in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON:<\/strong> The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that <strong>two American service members were killed<\/strong> and several others were injured during <strong>Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks<\/strong> targeting US forces in Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, CENTCOM said the attack occurred on <strong>July 17<\/strong>, when US and allied forces were defending against Iranian missile and drone strikes in Jordan. The military also confirmed that <strong>one US service member remains missing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to CENTCOM, <strong>four injured soldiers<\/strong> were taken to hospitals in Jordan for medical treatment and were later discharged. Other personnel who sustained minor injuries were examined and have since returned to duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command added that the identities of the two deceased soldiers will be released <strong>24 hours after their families have been formally notified<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day earlier, Iran&#8217;s <strong>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)<\/strong> announced that it had targeted the <strong>Al-Azraq Air Base<\/strong> in Jordan with missiles and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRGC claimed the attack destroyed <strong>two fighter jets<\/strong>, <strong>three US aircraft<\/strong>, and struck <strong>fighter jet shelters<\/strong> and the <strong>parking ramp<\/strong> at the base. These claims have not been independently verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian media also reported that US personnel had <strong>not been evacuated<\/strong> from the base before the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that two American service members were killed and several others were injured during Iranian ballistic missile..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438293_9647377_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6530,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6528\/revisions\/6530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}