Hegseth under fire after Pentagon removed 4 soldiers killed last weekend from its Iran war death toll | 24 July 2026 | Pete Hegseth is under fire after the Pentagon removed four soldiers killed last weekend from its Iran war death toll because they died after President Donald Trump’s April ceasefire. The Pentagon’s official death tally stood at 18 American service members killed as of Wednesday. By Thursday, it was 14. A Pentagon official said the change was caused by “temporary data disruptions” on the casualty website and would be quickly fixed, according to the Washington Post. Nearly 100 US troops have been wounded since the fighting resumed earlier this month.