At least two of the victims suffered shrapnel wounds that were not life-threatening, while several other troops suffered injuries of unknown nature, another U.S. official said.
There were no casualties as a result of the attack.
The tanker plane was also damaged, the first source said.
Context
On the morning of February 28 Israel and the US began to attack strikes on Iran. Trump announced his intention protect the American peopleeliminating immediate threats from the Iranian regime. Same day liquidated Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and more than 40 other country officials.
In early March, Trump said that operation in Iran may take four weeks. Politico wrote that military action could last until September.
On March 20, the media reported that the United States was allegedly considering sending ground troops to Iran, but on the same day Trump announced the possibility of curtailing a large-scale military operation in the Middle East.
