Pentagon reports 757 wounded in war on Iran as questions mount over casualty figures
More than 750 US military personnel have been wounded since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to the Pentagon’s latest casualty figures.
The Department of War’s casualty database, updated on Wednesday, added more than 50 wounded personnel, bringing the official toll to 757 wounded and 18 killed since February 28, when the United States and Israel launched their aggression against Iran.
The figures combine casualties recorded under the so-called “Operation Epic Fury” with those listed under a separate “Overseas Operations” category introduced by the Pentagon last month.
The Pentagon created the new category to record personnel killed or wounded from July 7 onward, effectively dividing casualties from the war into separate entries and making the overall toll more difficult to establish.
The department has also declined to specify which operation the “Overseas Operations” casualties are linked to or where the personnel were killed or wounded, raising further questions over the transparency of its reporting.
The Intercept reported earlier this month that the change came days after a wave of Iranian strikes on US military facilities.
The outlet cited a US government official who described the new reporting method as “designed to obscure the count” and a “casualty cover-up.”
At the time, the new category listed 273 killed or wounded since July 7. Combined with casualties recorded under “Operation Epic Fury,” the figure brought the Pentagon’s official toll to 704.
The Intercept has also documented unexplained changes in the Pentagon’s casualty database, including a drop in the number of casualties listed under “Operation Epic Fury” from 500 on July 21 to 431, with no explanation provided.
The outlet estimated that, after accounting for casualties it said were missing from the Pentagon’s database, more than 900 US personnel may have been killed or wounded during the war.
The mounting losses have prompted the Pentagon to reassess its military footprint across the Persian Gulf region, where US bases have absorbed much of Iran’s retaliatory fire.
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that more than 200 US facilities have been damaged or destroyed since the war on Iran began, forcing Washington to consider relocating some of its forces away from the Persian Gulf region.
Former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Michael Alan Ratney, identified Jordan, Occupied Palestine and Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast as possible destinations for the relocation, although Iranian missiles have already reached all three areas during the war.
The US-Israeli aggression against Iran, triggered sustained Iranian missile and drone strikes against US and Israeli assets across the region.
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