At least 15 killed in strikes on Lebanon – as it happened

Israeli rescuers have recovered the bodies of two people killed after an Iranian ballistic missile hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israeli media is reporting.

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The fire and rescue service said the two had been trapped and were found under rubble without signs of life, the Times of Israel is reporting.

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Rescue efforts were continuing to reach two other people who were trapped or unaccounted for, it quotes the service as saying.

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Haaretz reported that a missile fired from Iran struck a residential building in Haifa on Sunday, igniting a fire and leaving the six-story structure at risk of collapse.

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The Times has just now said rescue forces were responding to reports of a fresh ballistic missile attack in the Haifa area.

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The impacts triggered a car fire and flipped over another vehicle, the report said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

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The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, according to a report from Axios that cites “four US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks”.

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The chances of reaching such a deal over the next 48 hours are slim, the sources are also quoted as saying in the report, which adds that “this last-ditch effort is the only chance to prevent a dramatic escalation in the war”.

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The report could not be independently verified.

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As mentioned earlier, Donald Trump has threatened to obliterate Iranian power plants and bridges if it doesn’t agree by 8pm Tuesday (US Eastern Time) to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.

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And as just posted, the Iranian military warned in response of “much more devastating and widespread” retaliation if its civilian targets are bombed.

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About a fifth of the world’s oil supply usually passes through the Hormuz strait and its effective closure is having a crippling effect on the global economy.

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More after the last post: Iran’s central military command has warned of far more “devastating and widespread” retaliation if its adversaries hit Iranian civilian targets.

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“If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread,” a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement posted by state broadcaster Irib on Telegram.

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The warning, cited by AFP, came after Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if Tehran didn’t make a deal by Tuesday to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.

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Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, the health ministry said, while Israel’s military chief visited troops in southern Lebanon and pledged to intensify strikes against Hezbollah.

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One of Israel’s strikes in Beirut on Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 52 in the Jnah neighbourhood, the Lebanese ministry said.

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A strike targeting an apartment building in Ain Saadeh town east of Beirut killed three people and injured three others, while a strike in the southern town of Kfar Hatta – far from the border with Israel, killed seven people including a four-year-old girl, the ministry said, quoted by AFP.

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Meanwhile in southern Lebanon – where Israeli troops are expanding a ground invasion – Lieut Gen Eyal Zamir, Israel’s military chief, visited troop in the Ras el-Bayada area. He said Israel was striking the Iran-backed Hezbollah “extensively and across multiple fronts”, according to a military statement.

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Over 1,000 Hezbollah terrorists have been eliminated, and that number will continue to rise. The damage to Hezbollah will intensify.

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Hezbollah on Sunday claimed to have fired a cruise missile at an Israeli warship off the coast, but the Israeli military told AFP it was “not aware” of such an incident.

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the start of the war have killed more than 1,400 people, including 126 children, and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.

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Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested Israel assisted the US with its rescue of a downed airman in Iran.

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The Israeli prime minister posted on X early on Monday that he had spoken with Donald Trump and “congratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission to rescue the downed pilot from enemy territory”.

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“The President expressed his appreciation for Israel’s help,” Netanyahu said, adding:

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I am deeply proud that our cooperation on an off the battlefield is unprecedented, and that Israel could contribute to saving a brave American warrior.

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The crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet was rescued from an Iranian mountain by US commandos overnight at the weekend, ending a two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran.

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Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday after Donald Trump threatened that Iran would be “living in Hell” if it didn’t open the strait of Hormuz.

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West Texas Intermediate – the US benchmark – rose 1.86% to $113.62 a barrel while North Sea Brent crude was also higher at the week’s market opening, climbing 1.16% to $110.30 a barrel.

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Trump has set a Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial oil and gas waterway, threatening in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday to hit the country’s power plants and bridges if it does not not comply.

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The UK’s Royal Air Force said it shot down “multiple Iranian drones” overnight, in an update posted by the UK Ministry of Defense.

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According to the update, UK Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets are continuing defensive missions over the Eastern Mediterranean, Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE. It adds that “force protection measures in the region continue to be at the highest levels” and that it is “continuing to work closely” with its allies.

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It is about to be 11pm in Tehran, and 10.30pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut. Here is a quick recap of events:

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  The US president, Donald Trump, used expletive-laden language to call on Iran to let ships through the strait of Hormuz as he threatened to further attack Iranian energy and transport infrastructure. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.”

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  Iran’s parliament speaker responded with a warning that the US president’s “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn”. Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, added in a social media post: “Make no mistake: You won’t gain anything through war crimes. The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.”

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  The US president was sharply rebuked by US politicians, including Republican former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called on the administration to “intervene in Trump’s madness”, adding the president “has gone insane, and all of you are complicit”. Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer wrote “the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media”. Schumer added: “He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”

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  The second crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet was rescued by the US overnight, ending a two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran. Trump said the crew member was “seriously wounded” but “safe and sound” after a mission that was reportedly made possible with the help of CIA subterfuge.

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  At least five people were reported to have been killed in US-Israeli attacks in south-west Iran during the rescue operations.

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  On Sunday, Iran said it struck a petrochemicals complex in Bahrain. Video footage showed thick black smoke rising from the site.

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  The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of its facilities had been targeted by Iranian drone attacks, resulting in fires and “significant material losses”. Kuwait also reported that two power and water desalination plants sustained “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.

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  Israel has launched deadly airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza as its assault on both countries continues. An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon’s Kfar Hatta killed at least seven people, including a four-year-old girl, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.

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Donald Trump will inevitably claim the rescue of the second crew member of the downed F-15 fighter as a propaganda triumph, though the 48-hour drama is a reminder that an undefeated Iran is able to fight back and inflict costs on the US.

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It also ought to be a caution for a White House still contemplating whether to launch a ground operation in Iran to seize an island in the Persian Gulf – particularly if there a serious ambition to extract Iran’s highly enriched uranium from deep underground.

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The US-Israeli bombing of Iran has been so heavily skewed in the attackers’ favour that a single shoot-down, five weeks into the war, immediately became a significant problem for the Americans because it is so rare – and memorable. The last time a US warplane was shot down by hostile forces was in 2003, during the Iraq war.

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Though it is not exactly clear how the F-15E was brought down, the fact that it was is a reminder that the air superiority achieved by the US and Israeli air forces is not entirely absolute, even as they bomb Iran about 300 to 500 times a day.

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Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Parliament of Iran, responded to Trump’s threats in a social media post.

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“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands,” he wrote.

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“Make no mistake: You won’t gain anything through war crimes. The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.”

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Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati also warned that “if the White House repeats its foolish mistakes, it will quickly realize that the flow of energy and global trade can be disrupted with a single signal.”

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Velayati further criticized Washington’s strategies, stating that while “the United States has learned history from Iran, it has yet to learn the geography of power.”

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Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader responded to Trump’s rant by writing: “Happy Easter, America. As you head off to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media.

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“He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better,” Schumer wrote.

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House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, meanwhile, posted his gratitude for the rescue of the second US crew member. “Thankful that the second Air Force officer whose fighter jet was shot down in Iran has been heroically rescued by US Special Operations. What a blessing on Easter Sunday morning. May God continue to watch over our troops.”

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In an interview with Fox News, the US president, Donald Trump, said he believes he can reach a deal with Iran by Monday. We will bring you quotes from the interview on this when we have them.

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Trump has threatened Iran that he would begin bombing its infrastructure Tuesday morning if the vital strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed as leverage in the war, is not reopened.

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Its closure is having a crippling effect on the global economy and has sent the price of energy soaring, including in the US. This fact is likely to hurt the Republicans in the midterms in November.

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Trump has previously boasted of diplomatic progress in talks with Tehran, although Iran has denied any direct negotiation has taken place, only mediation efforts undertaken by intermediaries.

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In the interview with Fox News, Trump also said the US sent guns to the Iranian demonstrators during the nationwide protests against the rising cost of living and the government in January.

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The protests posed a major threat to the Iranian regime and an estimated 7,000 people were killed by security forces in a brutal crackdown, according to HRANA.

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“We sent guns to the protesters, a lot of them,” Trump told Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst. “And I think the Kurds took the guns.”

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Former Trump ally Majorie Taylor Greene has said everyone in the Trump administration who claims to be a Christian needs to “beg forgiveness from God” and intervene in the president’s “madness”.

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In a lengthy post on X, which came after the US president again threatened Iran’s infrastructure if the strait of Hormuz remains closed, the former congresswoman wrote:

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I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit. I’m not defending Iran but let’s be honest about all of this.

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The Strait is closed because the US and Israel started the unprovoked war against Iran based on the same nuclear lies they’ve been telling for decades, that any moment Iran would develop a nuclear weapon.

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You know who has nuclear weapons? Israel. They are more than capable of defending themselves without the US having to fight their wars, kill innocent people and children, and pay for it. Trump threatening to bomb power plants and bridges hurts the Iranian people, the very people Trump claimed he was freeing.

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After years of loyalty, Greene broke from Trump last year as she questioned his strikes on Iran last June. She has said Trump, who campaigned on an “America first” slogan, has concentrated too much on foreign policy at the expense of domestic issues, such as those around affordability.

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It has just gone past 16:45pm in Tehran, and 16:15pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut. Here is a quick recap of events:

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  The US president, Donald Trump, used abusive language to call on Iran to let ships through the strait of Hormuz as he threatened to further attack Iranian energy and transport infrastructure.

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  The second crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet was rescued by the US overnight, ending a two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran.

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  Trump said the crew member was “seriously wounded” but “safe and sound” after a mission that was reportedly made possible with the help of CIA subterfuge.

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  At least five people were reported to have been killed in US-Israeli attacks in south-west Iran during the rescue operations.

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  The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of facilities were targeted by Iranian drone attacks earlier today, resulting in fires and “significant material losses”.

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  Israel has launched deadly airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza as its assault on both countries continues. An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon’s Kfar Hatta killed at least seven people, including a four-year-old girl, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.

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  Hezbollah said it launched missiles towards northern Israel, which the IDF says it has intercepted, according to reports.

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In a follow-up post on Truth Social, Trump has used abusive language to call on Iran to let ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and threatened to further attack Iranian energy and transport infrastructure. He said:

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Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of its facilities were targeted by Iranian drone attacks on Sunday, resulting in fires and “significant material losses”.

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It said facilities at the Kuwait National Petroleum Company and the Petrochemical Industries Company were targeted. There were no reports of any injuries and specialised teams are working to contain the fires, according to a statement posted on X.

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Kuwaiti state media has also reported that two power and water desalination plants sustained “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.

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Lebanon’s national news agency is reporting that an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon’s Kfar Hatta killed at least seven people, including a four-year-old girl.

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Israel has hit a building in south Beirut after issuing an evacuation warning (see previous post), according to reporting in Lebanese state media.

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“The enemy targeted the threatened building in the Ghobeiry area towards Bir Hassan-Jnah,” Lebanon’s state-run national news agency reported. We will bring you more on this as soon as we have it.

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In a post on X, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee sent out an “urgent” warning for people in Beirut’s southern suburbs, particularly in the Ghobeiry neighbourhood, to flee ahead of a military attack.

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Below the post is a graphic featuring a building marked in red which Adraee said is “affiliated” with Hezbollah, without providing any evidence to support his claim. He said everyone in that building – and the ones adjacent to it on the map – should leave immediately (before airstrikes).

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Israel has repeatedly launched deadly strikes on Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs since its renewed assault on Lebanon that began on 2 March – killing over 1,360 people, including at least 125 children, injuring over 4,130 others, and displacing over a million, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

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The renewed Israeli war on Lebanon was launched after Hezbollah – the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group – fired rockets into northern Israel in response to the killing of the former Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in joint US-Israeli airstrikes.

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At least five people were killed in US-Israeli attacks in south-west Iran during rescue operations for the then missing US crew member from the downed F-15 jet, a local governor has been quoted as having said by the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

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The governor of the mountainous provinces of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad said all five people were killed after an attack in the “black mountain” area of Kohgiluyeh.

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As we have been reporting, both crew members from the downed F-15 fighter jet have now been rescued. The US president, Donald Trump, said no Americans were killed or injured in the rescue mission, about which few details have been officially confirmed.

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US President Donald Trump has confirmed on Truth Social that the US has rescued the second crew member from a F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday.

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Identifying the crew member as a colonel, Trump wrote that US forces were monitoring his location “24 hours a day” and planning for his rescue.

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“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND!”

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Trump said that at his direction, “the US Military sent dozens of aircraft” to retrieve him, and claimed “not a single American” was killed during the operation.

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The jet’s pilot was rescued on Friday.

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Reuters is reporting it has been told by US officials that US forces have rescued the second crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet in Iran. On Friday, the pilot was rescued after the F-15E Strike Eagle became the first plane to be downed over Iran during the five-week-long war.

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Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s demand that the regime cut a deal in 48 hours or face “all hell”.

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On Saturday, the US president posted on social media: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” referring to an ultimatum issued on 26 March.

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“Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.”

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Iran’s central military command rejected the ultimatum, with Gen Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi saying Trump’s threat was a “helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action”.

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Echoing Trump’s language, he warned that “the gates of hell will open for you”.

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Trump later posted a video showing explosions lighting up a night sky along with text that said: “Many of Iran’s Military Leaders … are terminated, along with much else, with this massive strike in Tehran,” without specifying when it took place.

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Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

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Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early on Sunday, a day after Donald Trump said the Islamic republic had 48 hours to cut a deal or face “all Hell”.

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Kuwait and Israel said their air defences were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of the war that erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes that triggered retaliation by Tehran.

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The war has spread conflict throughout the Middle East and convulsed the global economy. Iran’s forces maintain a tight grip on the strait of Hormuz shipping lane – a vital conduit for oil and gas – and strike economic targets in Gulf neighbours they see as linked to the US-Israeli war effort.

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Elsewhere today:

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  The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed that Israel attacked Iran’s petrochemical plants after reports from Iranian media saying at least five people were killed in an attack on the Mahshahr petrochemical zone.

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  US search and rescue efforts for the missing second crew member of the downed F-15E fighter jet continued into a second day as Iran came under heavy bombing. A pilot had been rescued on Friday after the F-15E Strike Eagle became the first US plane to be downed over Iran during the five-week-long war.

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  American and Israeli fighter jets targeted multiple strategic and civilian sites inside Iran’s capital on Friday afternoon, including Shahid Beheshti University, one of the country’s leading academic institutions, Iranian state media reported.

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  The death toll in Lebanon has reached 1,422 since the conflict with Israel began on 2 March, according to data from the Lebanese health ministry and reported by the Associated Press. In just the past 24 hours, Israeli strikes have killed 54 people and wounded 156.

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  The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that its air defense forces successfully intercepted eight ballistic missiles and 19 drones over the last 24 hours. However, on Sunday a fire has erupted in the Shuwaikh oil sector complex that houses the oil ministry and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters, after a drone attack, and Kuwaiti state media reported that two power and water desalination plants sustained “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.

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  A Lebanese security source at the main crossing between Syria and Lebanon, said they were evacuating the crossing after Israel threatened to attack it. The Israeli military said on Saturday it would strike an area near the Masnaa crossing urging residents to evacuate immediately as it continued its attacks across Lebanon.

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  Residents of southern Lebanon’s Kfar Hatta were told on social media by Israel to immediately leave the area, and warned that the Israeli military would soon act “with force” in the area.

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Two bodies recovered in Haifa after missile attack – reports

Israeli rescuers have recovered the bodies of two people killed after an Iranian ballistic missile hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israeli media is reporting.

The fire and rescue service said the two had been trapped and were found under rubble without signs of life, the Times of Israel is reporting.

Rescue efforts were continuing to reach two other people who were trapped or unaccounted for, it quotes the service as saying.

Haaretz reported that a missile fired from Iran struck a residential building in Haifa on Sunday, igniting a fire and leaving the six-story structure at risk of collapse.

The Times has just now said rescue forces were responding to reports of a fresh ballistic missile attack in the Haifa area.

The impacts triggered a car fire and flipped over another vehicle, the report said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Kuwait’s air defences have been working to stop incoming missile and drone attacks, the army is saying.

It also posted on X (in a translation):

The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they are the result of air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks.

Everyone is requested to adhere to the security and safety instructions issued by the competent authorities.

Over the weekend Iran expanded its attacks on energy infrastructure around the Gulf, launching drone and missile strikes on petrochemical facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

Deal for 45-day truce in discussion – report

The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, according to a report from Axios that cites “four US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks”.

The chances of reaching such a deal over the next 48 hours are slim, the sources are also quoted as saying in the report, which adds that “this last-ditch effort is the only chance to prevent a dramatic escalation in the war”.

The report could not be independently verified.

As mentioned earlier, Donald Trump has threatened to obliterate Iranian power plants and bridges if it doesn’t agree by 8pm Tuesday (US Eastern Time) to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.

And as just posted, the Iranian military warned in response of “much more devastating and widespread” retaliation if its civilian targets are bombed.

About a fifth of the world’s oil supply usually passes through the Hormuz strait and its effective closure is having a crippling effect on the global economy.

Iran threatens ‘much more devastating’ response if civilian targets hit

More after the last post: Iran’s central military command has warned of far more “devastating and widespread” retaliation if its adversaries hit Iranian civilian targets.

“If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread,” a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement posted by state broadcaster Irib on Telegram.

The warning, cited by AFP, came after Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if Tehran didn’t make a deal by Tuesday to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.

Iran is reportedly threatening “much more devastating” retaliation if its civilian targets are hit.

More on this as it comes to light.

Nick Visser

In Australia a government minister said he wouldn’t comment on Donald Trump’s expletive-laden social media threats to Iran but noted that Australia too wanted the strait of Hormuz to reopen.

Energy minister Chris Bowen was asked about Trump’s remarks and told Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio on Monday morning:

Well, for the last 10 years, I haven’t made a habit of commenting on every social media comment of president Trump, and I don’t intend to start now because we’d all keep ourselves very busy. We want to see the strait of Hormuz open.

When pressed if that level of retort from Trump warranted a comment from the Australian government, Bowen added:

We are not participants in this war. We didn’t participate in the decision to begin the war, but we are – like many like-minded countries – calling for it to end in the best interest of the people of the Middle East, obviously, but also in the best interest of the world economy.

Donald Trump has faced sharp criticism after threatening to wipe out Iran’s power plants and bridges in an expletive-riddled social media post.

The US president told Iran on Sunday: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” Separately, he suggested there was a “good chance” of an agreement to end the five-week war on Monday, telling US media that negotiations were happening.

Trump’s post drew criticism from Capitol Hill. Chuck Schumer, a senior Senate Democrat, said: “The president of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media … He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a former staunch Trump ally turned critic, said everyone in the Trump administration who claimed to be a Christian needed to “beg forgiveness from God” and intervene in the president’s “madness”.

There’s more in this wrap of the day’s main Trump administration stories here:

Israel’s deadly strikes in Lebanon on Sunday came a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close.

Israel said on Saturday it would target the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, the main gateway between the two countries.

“Due to Hezbollah’s use of the Masnaa crossing for military purposes and smuggling of combat equipment, the [Israeli military] intends to carry out strikes on the crossing in the near future,” said the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee, urging people to leave the area.

The border post was quickly evacuated on the Lebanese side, AFP reports.

In Syria, borders and customs public relations director Mazen Aloush insisted the crossing was exclusively used by civilians but said it would close temporarily due to the threats.

Masnaa is a vital trade route for both countries and a key gateway to the rest of the region for Lebanese people.

At least 15 killed in latest Israeli strikes on Lebanon – authorities

Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, the health ministry said, while Israel’s military chief visited troops in southern Lebanon and pledged to intensify strikes against Hezbollah.

One of Israel’s strikes in Beirut on Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 52 in the Jnah neighbourhood, the Lebanese ministry said.

A strike targeting an apartment building in Ain Saadeh town east of Beirut killed three people and injured three others, while a strike in the southern town of Kfar Hatta – far from the border with Israel, killed seven people including a four-year-old girl, the ministry said, quoted by AFP.

Meanwhile in southern Lebanon – where Israeli troops are expanding a ground invasion – Lieut Gen Eyal Zamir, Israel’s military chief, visited troop in the Ras el-Bayada area. He said Israel was striking the Iran-backed Hezbollah “extensively and across multiple fronts”, according to a military statement.

Zamir said:

Over 1,000 Hezbollah terrorists have been eliminated, and that number will continue to rise. The damage to Hezbollah will intensify.

Hezbollah on Sunday claimed to have fired a cruise missile at an Israeli warship off the coast, but the Israeli military told AFP it was “not aware” of such an incident.

Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the start of the war have killed more than 1,400 people, including 126 children, and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.

The United Arab Emirates’ air defences have been trying to fend off more Iranian air attacks, according to the ministry of defence.

It said early on Monday that the defences were “currently engaging with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran”.

The ministry also said in the post on X that it “confirms that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the UAE Air Defence systems intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones”.

Netanyahu suggests Israel helped US with airman’s rescue

Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested Israel assisted the US with its rescue of a downed airman in Iran.

The Israeli prime minister posted on X early on Monday that he had spoken with Donald Trump and “congratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission to rescue the downed pilot from enemy territory”.

“The President expressed his appreciation for Israel’s help,” Netanyahu said, adding:

I am deeply proud that our cooperation on an off the battlefield is unprecedented, and that Israel could contribute to saving a brave American warrior.

The crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet was rescued from an Iranian mountain by US commandos overnight at the weekend, ending a two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran.

Oil prices rise after Trump threat

Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday after Donald Trump threatened that Iran would be “living in Hell” if it didn’t open the strait of Hormuz.

West Texas Intermediate – the US benchmark – rose 1.86% to $113.62 a barrel while North Sea Brent crude was also higher at the week’s market opening, climbing 1.16% to $110.30 a barrel.

Trump has set a Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial oil and gas waterway, threatening in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday to hit the country’s power plants and bridges if it does not not comply.

Pierre Mouawad, a prominent official within the Lebanese Forces party, was reportedly killed alongside his wife on Sunday during an Israeli airstrike on an apartment complex in Ain Saadeh, a mountain village east of Beirut, according to the state-run National News Agency.

According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency and the Ministry of Health, the strike also claimed the life of another woman and left three others injured.

The incident has significantly heightened regional anxieties, as the Lebanese Forces party – a Christian-based political group – is a vocal opponent of Hezbollah and has frequently blames the militant group for bringing Lebanon into a new war with Israel.

Oil prices rose again on Sunday, with US crude climbing above $114 per barrel following a series of aggressive social media posts and interviews from Trump setting a new deadline for Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz.

By Sunday evening, US crude (WTI) had jumped more than 2% to $114.16 per barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude rose 1.72% to $110.91. The unstable costs follow an expletive-laden post on Truth Social where Trump warned that Iran would be “living in Hell” if the blockade is not lifted. He specifically threatened to target the country’s power plants and bridges, later posting a deadline: “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a statement condemning the Israeli strike targeting an apartment in a residential building near Beirut on Sunday.

“We are seeing elderly people and adolescents arriving with critical injuries to the head, chest, and abdomen, including shrapnel wounds,” Dr. Luna Hammad, MSF medical coordinator, said in a statement. “When strikes hit crowded residential areas without warning, the consequences are severe, both in human casualties and in hospitals’ capacity to respond.”

The statement said the strike resulted in a “mass-casualty influx” and that within the first hour, four people were killed and nearly 40 were injured.

“MSF condemns this attack on civilians in a highly populated area and calls for the protection of civilians and health facilities,” the statement said. “Strikes this close to a hospital spread fear and can stop people from seeking lifesaving care. Civilians cannot be collateral damage.”

Royal Air Force shoots down Iranian drones overnight, UK defense says

The UK’s Royal Air Force said it shot down “multiple Iranian drones” overnight, in an update posted by the UK Ministry of Defense.

According to the update, UK Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets are continuing defensive missions over the Eastern Mediterranean, Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE. It adds that “force protection measures in the region continue to be at the highest levels” and that it is “continuing to work closely” with its allies.

Donald Trump said “I don’t want to talk about that” when asked about targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran, and threatened that the “whole country” would be “gone” if it doesn’t accept a deal.

In an interview with ABC’s Rachel Scott:, reportedly Trump said: “Well, I don’t want to talk about that. But the civilians want me to do it. Okay, the civilians, you know, when they’re most unhappy, when they don’t hear bombs going off because they’re living in hell.”

When asked if he would move back his deadline for Iran, he said “I don’t want to talk about it, they have plenty of time to make a deal. If they don’t want to make a deal — their whole country is gone,” he said.

India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar posted on social media that he received a call from Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, where they discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.