More than 20 U.S. troops have been injured in rocket and drone attacks at bases in Iraq and Syria over the past week, a Pentagon official told Fox News Digital.
Drone and rocket attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East have injured more than 20 American soldiers in the past week alone. The full extent of the injuries was not immediately clear. A defense official said several of the service members suffered traumatic brain injuries but have all returned to duty. The U.S. has reported more than a dozen attacks on its bases in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Gerald R. Ford are in the region to deter Iran from intervening in Israel's retaliatory campaign against Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier this week that the U.S. expects Iran or its proxies to seek opportunities to escalate the Israel-Hamas war. 'This is not what we want, not what we're looking for. We don't want escalation,' Blinken said in a Sunday statement. 'We don't want to see our forces or our personnel come under fire. But if that happens, we're ready for it.
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