7月17日，伊朗对约旦沙漠的穆瓦法格·萨尔蒂空军基地发动袭击，导致三名美军士兵丧生。卫星图像显示，这次夜间袭击损坏了至少19栋士兵宿舍楼。
Three American servicemembers were killed in a July 17 Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in the Jordanian desert. Satellite imagery shows the nighttime attack damaged at least 19 buildings where troops sleep.
这是美军在战争中伤亡最惨重的夜晚之一。但这并非伊朗唯一一次瞄准美军生活和休息场所的袭击。同一周内，伊朗还袭击了该地区其他美军设施的多处住房单元。
It was one of the deadliest nights of the war for U.S. forces. But it wasn’t the only attack targeting American troops where they live and sleep. That same week, Iran hit multiple housing units at other U.S. military installations across the region.
7月的袭击标志着伊朗战术发生了令人担忧的转变，并显示出该政权在协同攻击和精确打击目标方面的能力有所提升。根据《华尔街日报》对卫星数据、伊朗军方声明以及美国官员采访的分析，伊朗更直接地瞄准了驻扎美军的建筑。
The July strikes marked an alarming shift in Iran’s tactics and revealed an improvement in the regime’s ability to sequence attacks and hit targets with precision. Iran was taking more direct aim at the buildings that house American troops, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of satellite data, Iranian military statements and interviews with U.S. officials.
《华尔街日报》的分析提供了迄今为止最全面的公开统计，详细记录了战争对美军设施造成的损害。
The Journal’s analysis offers the most comprehensive public accounting of the war’s damage to American facilities to date.