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CNN Journalists Take Shelter During Live Coverage as Strikes Hit Tel Aviv and Iran

Pentagon figures cite about 140 wounded with seven troops reported killed, highlighting the conflict’s human toll.

Overview

  • CNN’s Erin Burnett and Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond sought shelter in Tel Aviv during a live segment after missile sirens sounded, with the crew reporting explosions.
  • Senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen fled a bombed site in Iran during his report as jets roared overhead and blasts were heard nearby.
  • The Pentagon said around 140 American service members have been wounded since the war began on Feb. 28.
  • Seven U.S. troops have been reported killed by Iranian strikes on March 1, including six at a base in Kuwait and one at a base in Saudi Arabia.
  • Media accounts describe U.S. and Israeli strikes inside Iran and Iranian retaliation, with some reported deaths of senior Iranian officials noted in coverage but lacking broad independent verification.