{"id":4925,"date":"2026-07-20T11:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:37:04","slug":"pentagon-identifies-2-us-soldiers-killed-in-weekend-attack-by-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4925","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon identifies 2 US soldiers killed in weekend attack by Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The War Department confirmed the identities early Monday of two soldiers who were killed in an Iranian missile attack on a Jordanian military base last week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4923\">Trump says new Qatar-donated Air Force One to go out of service to \u2018max out\u2019 defenses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in Friday\u2019s missile strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base east of Amman, while First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, died of his injuries the following day, according to a Pentagon statement.<\/p>\n<p>Officials previously announced that a third service member, who has yet to be publicly identified, was killed in Iraq on Saturday during the \u201ccontrolled detonation\u201d of a downed Iranian drone.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s statement followed a ninth consecutive night of US airstrikes on Iran, which President Trump said were carried out \u201cin honor of the \u2026 great patriots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4921\">New York leads nation in school spending \u2014 despite 12% fewer students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we feel very badly, but you know those great people, those great patriots, were out there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews after returning from Sunday\u2019s World Cup final in New Jersey. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran has been very, very badly damaged. They\u2019ve lost everything almost militarily. They\u2019ve got very little left. They\u2019ve got some missiles. They\u2019ve got some drones. They\u2019ve got some manufacturing ability, not much. We control the Strait [of Hormuz]; they don\u2019t control anything. 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