Pentagon names two U.S. soldiers killed in Iranian attacks in Jordan

The Pentagon released the names of two U.S. Army soldiers who died in Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan. The deceased were identified as 25-year-old Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii, assigned to an Army missile defense command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas, who served with a similar unit in Ansbach, Germany. Gonzales was killed on Friday and Feehan on Saturday; the Defense Department did not disclose further details about the circumstances of their deaths.

The announcement follows a report that U.S. Central Command recovered unidentified human remains while searching for a service member reported missing after the Friday attack in Jordan. Officials said examinations are ongoing to determine whether the remains belong to the missing individual. Central Command also confirmed that a separate incident in northern Iraq resulted in the death of a U.S. service member during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from an Iranian one-way attack drone, with another soldier sustaining a minor injury.

U.S. forces have conducted nightly strikes against Iranian targets since the attacks, targeting command centers, air defense, maritime capabilities, and missile launch sites, according to Central Command statements. The ongoing operations come after the interim ceasefire between the United States and Iran, negotiated last month, effectively ended amid renewed hostilities.

"Our hearts go out to these families," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a press briefing. "They continue to send signals that they want to talk, that they want to negotiate, but their behavior is they’re launching missiles and drones against ships. Their behavior has to change in order for ours to change," he added.