Abbas Aslani, senior researcher at Tehran’s Middle East Strategic Studies Center, said CENTCOM’s latest statement may be a prelude to further escalation. "In the past few days we have seen limited, controlled exchanges of fire. It appears the conflict has not reached its final phase of confrontation. In the coming days or weeks we may see more intense hostile actions," he said.

Latest fatalities from a US base in Jordan bring the US military death toll since the start of the US–Iran conflict to 16. More than 430 personnel have been wounded and one is missing. Known incident details: On March 1 an Iranian drone struck a civilian port in Kuwait, killing six US service members. A seventh US service member wounded the same day in an Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base died of injuries more than a week later. On March 12 a KC‑135 tanker supporting US operations crashed in Iraq, killing six; US officials said the crash followed an 'undetermined incident' involving another aircraft and that enemy fire and friendly fire were ruled out. On July 1 a US Navy pilot died in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea; the Navy said there was no sign the incident resulted from enemy action.

據約旦國家通訊社：約旦攔截並擊落了四架侵入其領空的無人機。