Comments from defense secretary come as number of US service members killed in conflict has climbed to seven

The Pentagon on Sunday afternoon announced that a seventh U.S. service member died after he was seriously wounded last week in the widening conflict.

WASHINGTON: Another US military service member has died from wounds sustained during Iran’s initial counter-attack a week ago, bringing the number of US troops killed in action…

Comments from defense secretary come as number of US service members killed in conflict has climbed to seven

Pentagon chief spoke with Gen Dan Caine at a press conference and blamed Iran for civilian casualties

The Pentagon also said that over the course of the 10-day conflict, 140 service members were wounded, eight severely. Seven have died.