Iran-Israel war LIVE: Air strike hits building close to Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility
Why it matters: The U.S. White House seeks a $1.5 trillion defense budget as the Iran war drives up costs.
- Iran's atomic agency reported an airstrike near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support building, the fourth such incident during the war.
- Iranian and American forces are racing to recover a crew member from a U.S. F-15 warplane shot down inside Iran, with the U.S. rescuing one of two crew members, according to US media and NYT World.
- Iran's military also claimed to have downed a U.S. A-10 ground attack aircraft in the Gulf, with Forbes reporting a second U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Persian Gulf.
- Tehran rejected a U.S. proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, communicated through an unnamed country, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
- Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were wounded in a blast in southern Lebanon, following the deaths of three other Indonesians in separate explosions, as Israel also strikes Beirut per Reuters.
An Israeli airstrike hit near Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard, marking the fourth such attack as the conflict escalates. Simultaneously, the U.S. is actively searching for a missing airman after two of its warplanes were reportedly downed by Iran, while Tehran rejected a U.S. ceasefire proposal.
