President Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, which could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the U.S. and Israel after weeks of strikes.
President Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer, after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war.
President Trump used social media to vow to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges and said the country would be “living in Hell” if the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global trade, isn’t opened by Tuesday.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
One crew member was rescued today after a U.S. aircraft was shot down in Iran, according to one U.S. and one Israeli official.
President Trump said in a prime time TV address that U.S. forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”
“You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!” Trump wrote on social media.
The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base.
President Trump has extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its power plants, saying it has an additional five days.
President Trump paid his respects today at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the remains of six U.S. service members killed in the crash of a refueling aircraft in Iraq were returned to their families.
