Widening Mideast Crisis: Mix-Up Preceded Deadly Drone Strike in Jordan, U.S. Officials Say
Briefly

The return of the American surveillance drone to the remote resupply base prompted some confusion over whether the incoming drone was friendly or not, and air defenses were not immediately activated, according to the officials.
The drone strike on the outpost in northeast Jordan near its borders with Syria and Iraq, called Tower 22, escalated hostilities in the region that have been mounting since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and the subsequent war in Gaza.
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