Wreckage of American planes blown up by US special forces during raid to rescue second missing F15 pilot is revealed 

A US soldier missing since Iran shot down a warplane has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.

A frantic search and rescue operation was launched in the United States after the F-15E Strike Eaglejet crashed on Friday; Iran also promised a reward to anyone who surrendered the ‘enemy pilot’.

A second crew member had been rescued earlier.

Trump wrote that the airman was injured but “will be fine” and added that he had taken refuge in the “treacherous mountains of Iran.”

Trump added that “dozens of aircraft” were used in the rescue operation and that the US was “monitoring her location 24 hours a day and carefully planning for her rescue.”

The Israeli army ordered residents of neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to leave their homes before the attack.

“To everyone in the building marked in red as shown on the map and adjacent buildings: You are near a facility affiliated with Hezbollah,” Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said, without offering evidence.

In a post on X, Adraee shared a map of the Ghobeiry neighborhood with a building highlighted in red.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus raised the alarm about the security of nuclear facilities in Iran after the US-Israeli attack near the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The attack’ is a stark reminder: A strike could trigger a nuclear accident with generation-devastating health effects.

“With each passing day of this escalating conflict, the risks and threats are increasing,” Tedros told X.

Yu Jing, spokesman for China’s embassy in India, shared the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s message that US-Israeli military operations against Iran violate international law.

Responding to a question about China’s stance after US President Donald Trump claimed that US airstrikes destroyed a civilian bridge in Iran in order to force Iran into negotiations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said: ‘US-Israeli military operations against Iran do not have the permission of the UN Security Council and violate international law.

‘China opposes attacks on civilian facilities. ‘Relevant parties must immediately stop military operations, return to a political and diplomatic solution and prevent an even worse humanitarian disaster.’

Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday, with damage reported to civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Authorities in Abu Dhabi said on Sunday they were battling fires at a petrochemical plant in the Ruwais Industrial City on the UAE’s northwestern coast.

“Authorities are responding to multiple fires at the Borouge petrochemical plant caused by falling debris following the successful response of air defense systems,” the Gulf Emirate’s media office said.

‘Activities at the facility were immediately stopped while the damage was assessed. “No injuries were reported,” he added, after the United Arab Emirates defense ministry previously said it had responded to missile and drone attacks.

Iran’s military has previously said it targeted ‘aluminum industries’ in the UAE and US military infrastructure in Kuwait, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

While the Islamic Republic has repeatedly threatened civilian infrastructure in the Gulf states, US-Israeli attacks in Iran have also hit targets key to the Islamic Republic’s economy.

Iran’s internet blackout, first implemented more than a month ago, is now the longest nationwide shutdown on record, according to monitoring group NetBlocks.

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told the Telegram this morning: ‘This morning the heart of every Jew and every Israeli was filled with joy at the safe rescue of two American aircrew in a heroic operation on Iranian soil.

“Courage, bravery, professionalism and determination to bring every soldier home is another example of the shared values ​​of the United States and the State of Israel, from Entebbe to Isfahan,” he added, referring to the Israeli rescue mission at Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976.

Bahrain’s official news agency said on Sunday that the attack caused a fire in two units at the state-run petrochemical plant.

Firefighters have brought the fire under control and authorities are assessing the damage, Bahrain News Agency reported, citing Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company.

Nournews, a media outlet believed to have close ties to Iranian security forces, reported Sunday that the attacks occurred in the Dehdasht district and Vezq area, about 360 miles south of Tehran.

Nournews did not specify whether the dead were military personnel, but said two were tourists.

In media reports on Friday, it was stated that an American pilot who disappeared after his plane was shot down may be in the area where the attacks took place.

Nournews did not say whether the deaths were linked to the rescue operation of the US pilot.

Minister Badr Abdelatty also met with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as well as his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts, who also help mediate between the US and Iran.

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday that Abdelattay had discussed “ideas and suggestions to ensure the necessary calm” the day before and warned of an “unprecedented explosion” in the Middle East.

He did not go into further detail.

US President Donald Trump repeated his threats that Iran must open the Strait of Hormuz by Monday or face devastating consequences.