Wreckage of American planes blown up by US special forces is revealed 

A US service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.

A frantic US search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E Strike Eaglejet on Friday, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the ‘enemy pilot.’

A second crew member was rescued earlier.

Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but ‘will be just fine,’ adding that he took refuge ‘in the treacherous mountains of Iran.’

Trump added that the rescue involved “dozens of aircraft” and that the US had been monitoring his location ’24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue.’

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation, has raised the alarm over the safety of nuclear facilities in Iran following US-Israeli strikes close to the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The attack ‘is a stark reminder: a strike could trigger a nuclear accident, with health impacts that would devastate generations.

‘With every passing day of this escalating conflict, the stakes and threats are raised higher and higher’, Tedros said on X.

Yu Jing, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, shared the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ message stating that the US-Israeli military operations against Iran violate international law.

Responding to a query, over China’s stance after US President Donald Trump claimed that the US air strikes destroyed an Iranian civilian bridge to pressure Iran into negotiations, the Chinese MFA said: ‘The US-Israeli military operations against Iran have no authorisation of the UN Security Council and violate international law.

‘China opposes attacks against civilian facilities. Relevant parties should stop the military actions at once, return to the track of political and diplomatic settlement, and avoid an even worse humanitarian disaster.’

Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday, with damage reported at 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 Ruwais Industrial City on the UAE’s northwest coast.

‘Authorities are responding to multiple fires in the Borouge petrochemicals plant, caused by falling debris following successful interceptions by air defence systems,’ the Gulf emirate’s media office said.

‘Operations at the facility have been immediately suspended while damage is assessed. No injuries have been reported,’ it added after the United Arab Emirates’ defence ministry earlier said it was responding to missile and drone attacks.

Iran’s army earlier said it was targeting ‘aluminium industries’ in the UAE and US military infrastructure in Kuwait, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

The Islamic Republic has repeatedly threatened civilian infrastructure in the Gulf countries, as US-Israeli attacks in Iran have also hit targets that are key to the Islamic Republic’s economy.

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

‘Iran’s internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country, exceeding all other comparable incidents in severity having entered its 37th consecutive day after 864 hours,’ NetBlocks said in a post on X.

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich took to Telegram this morning to say: ‘The heart of every Jew and every Israeli is filled this morning with joy over the safe rescue of the two American aircrew members in a heroic operation on Iranian soil.

‘The bravery, courage, professionalism, and commitment to bringing every soldier home are yet another example of the shared values of the United States and the State of Israel – from Entebbe to Isfahan,’ he added, referencing a 1976 Israeli rescue mission at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

Bahrain’s official news agency said on Sunday the attack ignited fires in two units at the state-run petrochemical plant.

According to the Bahrain News Agency, which cited the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, firefighters have brought the fire under control, and authorities are assessing the damage.

Nournews, a media outlet believed to have close links with Iranian security forces, reported on Sunday that the strikes occurred in Dehdasht county and the Vezq district, around 360 miles south of Tehran.

Nournews didn’t specify if those killed included military personnel, but said two were tourists.

Media reports had said on Friday that a US pilot who went missing after his aircraft was shot down may have been in the same areas where the strikes happened.

Nournews didn’t say if the deaths were linked to a rescue operation for the US pilot.

Minister Badr Abdelatty has spoken with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as well as with his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts, who are also helping mediate between the U.S. and Iran.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Abdelattay discussed a day earlier ‘ideas and proposals to achieve the required calm’ and warned of an ‘unprecedented explosion’ in the Middle East.

It didn’t elaborate further.

US President Donald Trump renewed his threats for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz by Monday or face devastating consequences.

Strikes killed five people overnight in Iran’s southwest during the rescue of a missing US crewmember of a downed American fighter jet, Iranian media reported Sunday.

‘Five people were martyred in last night’s attack on the Kouh-e Siah area’ in southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the Tasnim news agency cited provincial official Iraj Kazemijou as saying.

He said the killings took place while the US was trying to find ‘the pilot or pilots’ of the downed fighter jet.