Since the start of Operation Epic Fury early Saturday, the United States and Israel have targeted dozens of military storage sites, command and control facilities, and naval vessels in Iran, including the missile storage site targeted above. Screenshot courtesy U.S. Central Command/X
Three members of the U.S. military were killed and five were seriously wounded in the Iranian response to U.S. and Israeli strikes the day before.
The service members are part of an Army sustainment unit based in Kuwait, which is one of several American bases in the Middle East that Iran has targeted as it responds to Operation Epic Fury that started early Saturday morning, NBC News and The New York Times reported.
U.S. Central Command announced in a post on X on Sunday morning that the troops had been killed in action and wounded as military continued hit targets, while also receiving counter attacks from Iran.
Several other troops also “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” CENTCOM said in the post. “Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.”
“The situation is fluid,” the post noted, and that the names of deceased troops would be withheld until 24 hours of their next of kin have been notified.
Iran also has targeted other countries nearby, including Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
The Iranian regime's reckless use and proliferation of ballistic missiles have been a dangerous threat for decades. Now, at the President's direction, U.S. forces are eliminating the threat. pic.twitter.com/zTsqjwVCMO— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 1, 2026
CENTCOM on Saturday refuted Iranian claims that at least 50 U.S. service members had been killed, as well as other claims that a U.S. Navy ship had been struck by missiles and that severe damage was seen at “multiple U.S. bases.”
Through the first day-and-a-half of Operation Epic Fury, the United States and Israel have said that they hit dozens of military and government sites throughout Iran.
CENTCOM has specifically announced the sinking of Iranian naval vessels, sending B-2 stealth bombers to hit Iran’s ballistic missile facilities and various communication, air defense and command and control centers.
President Donald Trump early Saturday announced that Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was dead — along with other high ranking leaders of Iran — in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
U.S. intelligence and military assets had been tracking Khamenei for months and opted for a rare daylight strike on the meeting because of the opportunity to hit multiple targets, as Defense Minister Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh, Revolutionary Guard Corps head Gen. Mohammad Pakpour and Khamenei’s defense adviser, Ali Shamkhani.
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