Overview
- President Donald Trump confirmed a wounded U.S. weapons-systems officer was pulled out of Iran and said he will brief reporters on the operation.
- The rescue ran about 36 hours in Iran’s Zagros mountains and used U.S. Special Forces, heavy air cover, and a CIA deception effort that drew Iranian forces off the real trail.
- U.S. accounts describe firefights, damage to a Black Hawk helicopter, and the loss of an MC-130J on the ground, with media reports adding that Israel shared intelligence but did not send commandos.
- Israel intensified operations on three fronts, with reports of strikes on targets in Iran, Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, and locations in Gaza that left both civilian and combatant casualties.
- Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed energy costs higher, with reporting from Delhi showing LPG sold at about ₹400–₹500 per kilo and migrant workers leaving the city as budgets fail.