{
  "id": 13556079,
  "title": "Pentagon updates death toll of troops during Iran war to 21",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/pentagon-updates-death-toll-of-troops-during-iran-war-to-21",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T21:59:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6140821-pentagon-updates-iran-death-tally/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pentagon updated the American service member death toll of the U.S. military’s operations against Iran to 21 late Friday, raising the tally in the department’s public database. The two noncombat deaths newly added to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) were Maj. Sorffly Davius and an unidentified Navy sailor, a U.S. official familiar...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}