- Four US troops were killed after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq.
- The KC-135 refuelling aircraft went down following an "incident" involving another US plane.
- The second aircraft involved in the incident landed safely at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.
- US Central Command (Centcom) stated the crash was not due to hostile or friendly fire.
- The circumstances of the incident are currently under investigation, with identities of the service members withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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