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Tuesday, March 10, 20261 entry

  1. 2:32 PM in New York

    Pentagon says about 140 U.S. troops wounded in the Iran war, 8 severely

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundArlington, Virginia, United States

    Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said about 140 U.S. service members had been wounded in the war's first 10 days, most of them lightly, with 108 already back on duty and eight severely injured. Seven U.S. troops had been killed in Iranian attacks in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

    Why it matters It was the first official count of U.S. wounded; a day later CBS News reported more than 30 troops were still hospitalized with battle injuries, including brain trauma, from the March 1 Kuwait strike alone.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News

Sunday, March 8, 20263 entries

  1. 10:39 PM in Riyadh

    Seventh U.S. service member dies of wounds from Iran's March 1 attack in Saudi Arabia

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundSaudi Arabia

    U.S. Central Command said a service member seriously wounded in an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1 had died, raising the U.S. military death toll in the war to seven. The other six, Army reservists, were killed in a March 1 attack in Kuwait.

    Why it matters It was the first U.S. death from an attack on Saudi soil, and it came the same day the State Department moved to pull nonessential diplomats out of the kingdom.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Associated Press (2)

  2. 7:38 PM in Riyadh

    Saudi Arabia reports its first war deaths after a projectile hits homes in Al-Kharj

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAl-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Civil Defense said a military projectile fell on a residential area in Al-Kharj governorate, killing an Indian and a Bangladeshi resident and wounding 12 Bangladeshis. They were the first deaths Saudi Arabia had reported since the war began on Feb. 28.

    Why it matters Within hours Washington ordered nonessential diplomats out of the kingdom, and Riyadh warned Tehran it would be the "biggest loser" if attacks on Arab states continued.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News (AP), Associated Press (3)

  3. 3:20 PM in Beirut

    Two Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon, the first since the fighting resumed

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundSouthern Lebanon, Lebanon

    The Israeli military said two soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, naming one as Master Sgt. Maher Khatar, 38, a combat engineer in the 91st Division from Majdal Shams. They were the first Israeli troop deaths since fighting with Hezbollah reignited.

    Why it matters The deaths confirmed Israeli troops were fighting inside Lebanon as the military widened its campaign against Hezbollah alongside the war on Iran.

    Source: CBS News

Saturday, March 7, 20261 entry

  1. 7:59 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 294 people since Monday

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes since Monday had killed 294 people and wounded 1,023, without saying how many were civilians. Tens of thousands more have been displaced.

    Why it matters The toll more than doubled in two days, from 123 on Thursday, as Israel widened its air and ground campaign against Hezbollah.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Friday, March 6, 20262 entries

  1. 11:37 PM in Beirut

    UN peacekeepers wounded as fire hits UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAl-Qawzah, Lebanon

    UNIFIL said three peacekeepers were wounded when heavy fire struck its base in the village of Al-Qawzah on Friday evening, calling it "unacceptable" that peacekeepers were targeted. Ghana's army separately said two of its soldiers were wounded when missiles struck its UNIFIL battalion headquarters; neither statement named who fired.

    Why it matters UNIFIL said it would investigate; an AP report the previous month had described a surge in incidents involving Israeli forces near peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  2. 11:37 PM in Tehran

    Evidence points to a U.S. strike in the Minab girls' school bombing

    ReportedBackgroundBackgroundMinab, Iran

    Satellite images, expert analysis and U.S. and Israeli military disclosures suggest the Feb. 28 blast that killed scores of pupils at a girls' school in Minab, next to a Revolutionary Guard base, was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes, AP reported. A person familiar with the U.S. inquiry told CBS News investigators believe the U.S. may have been responsible because Israel was not operating in the area; the White House said no conclusions had been reached.

    Why it matters The school strike has the highest reported civilian toll of the war, and the next day Trump said without evidence that it was "done by Iran."

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Associated Press (2)

Thursday, March 5, 20261 entry

  1. 4:06 PM in Tehran

    Iran's official death toll climbs to 1,230 as of March 4, up from about 1,000

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Martyrs' and Veterans' Affairs Organization said at least 1,230 people had been killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes as of March 4, up from just under 1,000 in the previous official count. The U.S.-based rights group HRANA counted 1,114 civilian deaths, including 181 children, with 926 more deaths under review.

    Why it matters The official count had risen from 787 reported by the Iranian Red Crescent on March 3, and it has not been independently verified.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2)

Monday, March 2, 20262 entries

  1. 4:05 PM in New York

    U.S. death toll rises to six as remains of two more soldiers are recovered

    ConfirmedBackgroundBackgroundKuwait

    Central Command said U.S. forces recovered the remains of two service members who had been unaccounted for at a facility struck in Iran's first attacks, bringing the U.S. dead to six; a U.S. official said all six were Army soldiers from the same logistics unit in Kuwait. CENTCOM said 18 service members had been seriously wounded.

    Why it matters The toll doubled in a day, and U.S. military officials questioned the Pentagon's claim that the Kuwait operations center where they died was adequately fortified.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News

Sunday, March 1, 20263 entries

  1. 9:54 AM in New York

    U.S. military says three service members killed and five seriously wounded

    ConfirmedBackgroundBackgroundKuwait

    Central Command said three U.S. service members had been killed in action and five seriously wounded as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the first American deaths of the war, with others suffering minor shrapnel injuries and concussions. A person familiar with the matter said the dead were Army soldiers from a logistics unit in Kuwait.

    Why it matters The first U.S. deaths came little more than a day into the war, and Trump said more were likely.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  2. 5:19 PM in Dubai

    UAE says Iran has fired 165 ballistic missiles and 541 drones at it, killing three

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The UAE Defense Ministry said it had detected 165 ballistic missiles, destroying 152, two cruise missiles and 541 drones, intercepting 506, and that three people from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh were killed and 58 injured. Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said bases hosting U.S. forces were "American soil" and would be hit.

    Why it matters The scale of the barrage on a state that took no part in the strikes pushed the UAE to close its embassy in Tehran and recall its ambassador that evening.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), Associated Press

  3. 2:22 PM in Jerusalem

    Iranian missile hits Beit Shemesh synagogue shelter, killing nine

    ConfirmedBackgroundBackgroundBeit Shemesh, Israel

    A ballistic missile struck residential buildings and a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, where people were sheltering in a safe room. Israeli police confirmed nine dead and 45 injured and were still searching for 11 people Sunday evening.

    Why it matters It was the deadliest attack on Israel since the war began and showed that protected spaces could not withstand a direct ballistic hit.

    Sources: CBS News, Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Saturday, February 28, 20265 entries

  1. 6:52 AM in Tehran, Mar 1

    Iran confirms Revolutionary Guard chief, defense minister and army chief killed

    ConfirmedBackgroundBackgroundTehran, Iran

    State media said IRGC commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour and Khamenei adviser Ali Shamkhani were killed, and later that armed forces chief of staff Gen. Abdol Rahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh died in a strike on a defense council meeting. Israel's military had named Pakpour, Nasirzadeh and Shamkhani among the dead on Saturday evening.

    Why it matters Iran lost its top civilian and military command in one blow; an Israeli military official told AP three strikes hit three locations within a single minute, killing some 40 senior figures.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Associated Press (3), Associated Press (4), Al Jazeera, Associated Press (5)

  2. 12:28 AM in Jerusalem, Mar 1

    Woman killed by Iranian missile in Tel Aviv, Israel's first death of the war

    ConfirmedBackgroundBackgroundTel Aviv, Israel

    Magen David Adom said a woman in her fifties died after an Iranian missile hit the Tel Aviv area during Saturday night's barrages, which injured 27 people at that site. Across Israel, 121 people were hurt on the first day of Iranian fire.

    Why it matters The death showed Iranian missiles were still getting through Israel's air defenses despite the opening strikes on launch sites; a deadlier hit on Beit Shemesh followed the next afternoon.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, CBS News

  3. 9:18 PM in Tehran

    Iran's Red Crescent says first day of strikes killed at least 201 and wounded 747

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundTehran, Iran

    A Red Crescent spokesperson told Iranian media that U.S. and Israeli strikes had hit 24 of Iran's 31 provinces, killing at least 201 people and wounding 747, with more than 220 rescue teams at the targeted sites.

    Why it matters The first nationwide toll showed the campaign reached far beyond Tehran and military bases; the society's count rose to 555 by Monday.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News (AP)

  4. 1:56 PM in Tehran

    Strike on girls' elementary school in Minab kills dozens, Iran says

    ReportedBackgroundBackgroundMinab, Iran

    Iranian state media said a strike during the U.S.-Israeli attack hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, where the Revolutionary Guard has a base. The reported toll rose through the day from five to at least 40, and state media put it at 165 by Sunday.

    Why it matters The deadliest single strike of the opening day became a focus of Iranian outrage and of questions over which country's munition hit the school; Israel's military said it was not aware of any strike there.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Associated Press (3), CBS News (2)

  5. 1:56 PM in Dubai

    UAE says one person killed in Abu Dhabi as it intercepts Iranian missiles

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The UAE's state news agency said at least one person was killed in Abu Dhabi by shrapnel after several Iranian missiles were intercepted, the first known death from Iran's counterattack. The UAE called it a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and reserved the right to respond.

    Why it matters The death made the UAE, which had tried to stay out of a U.S.-Iran fight, a direct casualty of the war and hardened Gulf opinion against Tehran.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Associated Press

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