Pentagon created separate category for Iran war deaths, making tally hard to track

Pentagon quietly changes war casualty reporting amid criticism, NYT reportsThe Pentagon has changed how it reports casualties in the Iran war, creating a new category for deaths and injuries since July 7 that makes it more difficult to tally the conflict's full toll, according to a New York Times report.Under the new system, the Defense Casualty Analysis System restored the deaths of four soldiers killed last weekend that had been removed from the website, but placed them in a new category labeled "overseas operations casualties starting July 7, 2026." This means a complete tally now requires adding numbers from two separate web pages.The change also raised the number of those wounded since July 7 to 207 — 142 more than previously reported — bringing the total to 624 since the war began on