The Washington Post has reported that the number of U.S. military personnel killed in the war with Iran has reached at least 22, while the U.S. Department of Defense’s public casualty database lists the number of killed service members as 18.
The American newspaper, citing six officials familiar with the U.S. Department of Defense’s internal casualty data, reported that five officials said at least 22 U.S. service members had been killed, while another official said the number had reached 23.