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Anna Betts

Sixth American service member killed in Iran operation

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Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Six US service members have been killed in the US military operations against Iran, the US Central Command said on Monday afternoon.

The announcement comes one day after the military confirmed the deaths of three US service members on Sunday, which marked the first known US fatalities since the strikes against Iran began on Saturday, and just several hours after the Central Command had reported that a fourth US service member had been killed.

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