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Marina Dunbar

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

line of people standing outside salute as soldiers carry casket next to plane
Donald Trump and others salute as the remains of 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan are carried on 22 July at Dover air force base in Delaware. Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded “starting July 7”.

According to the updated database, the official toll for the earlier phase of the US-Iran war, known as Operation Epic Fury, now stands at 14 service members killed and more than 400 wounded in action.

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