Six U.S. service members have been killed since the start of the war with Iran, up from a previously reported four deaths, U.S. Central Command said Monday.
"As of 4 pm ET (2100GMT), March 2, six U.S. service members have been killed in action. U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region,"
CENTCOM said in a statement posted via the U.S. social media company X's platform.
The statement added that "major combat operations" were ongoing and that the identities of the service members would be withheld until 24 hours after their next of kin are notified.
Earlier Monday, CENTCOM announced that four U.S. service members had been killed after a service member seriously wounded in Iran's initial attacks succumbed to their injuries.
