On March 2, Eastern Time, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) posted on the X platform that it has confirmed six U.S. military personnel have been killed in a military operation against Iran.

The statement said that in recent search operations, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two missing soldiers from a facility that had previously been attacked. Previously, the U.S. had confirmed that four military personnel had been killed in the conflict in the region.

U.S. confirms six soldiers killed on X platform

According to CNN, the first reported deceased U.S. soldiers were killed in a direct attack by Iran. At that time, Iran launched an attack on a U.S. temporary operational center located in a civilian port in Kuwait, resulting in the deaths of the aforementioned personnel.

The report stated that with the discovery of the remains of the two previously missing soldiers, the death toll from the attack has risen to six people.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on March 1 that the Iranian attack hit a "stressed tactical operations center," and despite the interception by an air defense system, one "ammunition" managed to penetrate the defense network. The report pointed out that the attack was suspected to be carried out by an Iranian drone.

An informed source revealed that the attack occurred at around 9 a.m. local time. Due to the extremely fast and unannounced nature of the attack, no alarms were triggered at the scene, leaving the troops with no time to evacuate or take cover.

Several hours after the attack, parts of the building were still burning, and the interior of the temporary operational center was completely blackened. Due to the powerful impact of the explosion, the walls collapsed outward, and some structural parts fell off the main structure. Satellite image comparisons showed that on March 1, a building in the port caught fire, with thick smoke rising from the scene.

Satellite image comparison before and after the attack - CNN

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