Daily Mail News
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR and PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER
Published: 10:14 EDT, 20 July 2026 | Updated: 12:34 EDT, 20 July 2026
Dozens of US troops were wounded in three Iranian strikes in Jordan that the Pentagon kept quiet in the week before Friday’s attack that killed two American soldiers and left one missing.
The attacks damaged multiple American helicopters and were never publicly disclosed, but multiple officials confirmed them to the New York Times on Monday.