A collapsed building is pictured following Israeli bombardment on Abbasiyeh, near Tyre in southern Lebanon, on April 4, 2026 [Kawnat Haju/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and ReutersPublished On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026
The missing crew member from a US F-15E jet shot down in Iran on Friday has been found and rescued after a dramatic firefight as United States President Donald Trump set a 48-hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.
The waterway through which 20 percent of the oil and gas passes has been under a de facto Iranian blockade in response to the US-Israel war on Iran. Iran’s central military command on Saturday brushed aside Trump’s threat, calling his ultimatum “a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action”.
Iran says US-Israeli attacks have killed five people and wounded 170 others at the Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone, and that more than 30 universities have been targeted since the war was launched on February 28.
