As many as 150 US troops have been wounded in the Iran war, Reuters has reported.
The figure, disclosed on Tuesday, is far higher than the Pentagon‘s previously acknowledged tally of eight seriously wounded.
Seven US service members have been killed after Donald Trump launched strikes against Iran on February 28.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The human toll comes amid mounting concerns over the financial cost, the Pentagon having burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of the war alone.
Gas prices have rocketed to an average of $3.5 per gallon from $2.9 before the war began, oil prices now at levels unseen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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