Iranian sailors who survived \u200ba U.S. submarine strike in the Indian Ocean were recovering at a hospital in \u200bthe Sri Lankan port city of Galle, authorities \u200bsaid on Thursday, \u2060a day after at least 87 were killed in the attack. Authorities \u200bat the National \u200cHospital in Galle and navy sources said 87 bodies were brought in by military rescuers \u200bwho responded to an early-morning distress call from the IRIS Dena on Wednesday. Search and rescue operations for an estimated 60 \u200cpeople \u200con board who remain \u200bunaccounted for would continue on Thursday, authorities said. The 32 rescued sailors were being treated for minor injuries and could be released from hospital on \u200bThursday, authorities said. Two policemen guarded the entrance to ward No. 58 of the hospital as nurses milled about and \u200bdoctors conducted morning rounds. The attack, which dramatically widens the scope of the war, happened hundreds of miles across the Indian Ocean from the Gulf, where U.S. and Israeli forces are striking \u200cIran and Tehran is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iranian sailors who survived \u200ba U.S. submarine strike in the Indian Ocean were recovering at a hospital in \u200bthe Sri Lankan port city of Galle, authorities \u200bsaid on Thursday, \u2060a day after at least 87 were killed in the attack. Authorities \u200bat the National \u200cHospital in Galle and navy sources said 87 bodies were brought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n