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A new report says the Pentagon concealed dozens of injuries to U.S. service members after strikes from Iran killed two individuals in Jordan.
Several U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to The New York Times concerning the unreported harm to service members and helicopters caused by a wave of Iranian strikes on American assets in Jordan.
The weekend attacks in Jordan follow days of U.S. strikes on Iran. The escalation has led to uncertainty regarding the 14-point memorandum of understanding signed between the U.S. and Iran last month.
Trump told reporters he still thinks a “deal” can be made last week but said for now the U.S. would proceed with an assault on Iran in an effort to ensure they do not obtain a nuclear weapon.
On Sunday, the president told NewsNation he “couldn’t care less” about the deal in the midst of deadly strikes.
So far, the conflict has resulted in the deaths of 17 U.S. service members and 427 injuries as outlined by the Pentagon on its Defense Casualty Analysis System.
The Pentagon has noted that it’s not required to release information about U.S. military injuries, and a spokesperson said it has not concealed any injuries to date.
“Injuries in the military encompass everything from minor sprained ankles during routine training to incidents entirely unrelated to combat operations,” spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a Monday statement on the matter.
“Cherry-picking raw numbers without context paints a deliberately misleading and incomplete picture,” he added.
Parnell said claims that the Pentagon was obscuring casualty numbers were “baseless” and “malicious,” alleging that the article was published to create “distress” surrounding the Iran war.
Updated at 3:59 p.m. EDT
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