The American newspaper The New York Times reported that the United States and Iran have come close to sliding into a broader military confrontation, following the killing of two American soldiers in an Iranian missile attack targeting a military base in Jordan, prompting Washington to respond with strikes targeting Iranian military sites.

Two American soldiers were killed and others injured, while a third soldier remains missing, as a result of an Iranian missile attack that targeted, on Friday, a military base in Jordan hosting US forces.

According to The New York Times, this is the first attack in which Americans have been killed by hostile fire since the collapse of the last ceasefire with Iran, raising the US military death toll to 16 since the outbreak of the war.

According to the report, the latest Iranian attack was the fourth to target Jordan in 5 days, reflecting the growing strategic importance of the Jordanian kingdom as one of the most prominent countries hosting US forces in the region.

The US military announced today that it carried out strikes targeting Iranian coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, in addition to sites belonging to the 'Revolutionary Guard,' which it said were responsible for the attack that targeted US forces in Jordan.

Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, according to The New York Times, that the killing of the two soldiers 'will only increase our determination,' but recent developments place US President Donald Trump before a growing dilemma regarding how to manage the war he began alongside Israel more than 4 months ago.

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