Washington — Nearly 100 American service members have been injured in multiple Iranian airstrikes on bases in the Middle East this month, U.S. officials told CBS News.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the numbers in a statement, saying almost 100 people "were deemed to have some degree of injury since July 7, 2026," with 96% having returned to duty. "The vast majority of injuries experienced were minor concussions," Parnell added.

These injuries come amid a breakdown of a monthslong ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. military has conducted nightly strikes on Iranian targets for over a week, aiming to prevent attacks on commercial ships. In response, Iran has targeted U.S. assets in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and other allied states.

CBS News reported that several U.S. service members were injured on Jordanian military bases last week. Over the weekend, the Defense Department announced that two American soldiers were killed on a military base in Jordan, and unidentified remains were found where a third service member went missing. Additionally, another service member died in Iraq during a "controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone."

The military's Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) lists 413 U.S. service members wounded in action since the start of the U.S.-Iran conflict, though this figure does not include injuries sustained this month.

President Trump has vowed retaliation for the deaths in Jordan and Iraq, posting on Truth Social: "Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!" He stated that this directive was delivered to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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