Two C-130 aircraft were lost during the operation, an official said.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
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President Donald Trump is continuing to suggest that the U.S. could potentially seize Iranian oil.
"KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?" Trump wrote on social media Friday afternoon.
This comes as a search-and-rescue mission is still underway after a U.S. fighter jet was shot down by Iran. A second jet also crashed in the Persian Gulf region Friday.
A U.S. Air Force one-seater A-10 Warthog attack jet also crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, according to a U.S. official.
The pilot aboard was safely rescued, according to a U.S. official.
The aircraft was hit by incoming fire over Iran and crashed in a neighboring allied country, according to another U.S. official. Â
Three of United Nations peacekeepers were wounded by an explosion of unknown origin inside their position near the southern town of El Adeisse, Lebanon, amid ongoing fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, a spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said in a statement Friday.
Two of the three had serious injuries and all were evacuated to a hospital, according to the statement.
"This has been a difficult week for peacekeepers working near the central part of UNIFIL's area of operations," Kandice Ardiel, a spokesperson, said in the statement. "We send the strongest wishes for a full and fast recovery for all of the injured."
Earlier this week, three UNIFIL peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed and others were injured in two incidents in southern Lebanon, according to earlier statements from UNIFIL.
One person is dead and four others were injured at a gas facility where falling debris from an interception started two fires, Abu Dhabi's media office said Friday night.
"Significant damage was also inflicted on the facilities, and assessment operations are still ongoing," the Abu Dhabi government media center posted on X.
"This incident resulted in the death of an Egyptian national during the evacuation of the site, while four individuals sustained minor injuries: two of Pakistani nationality and two of Egyptian nationality," the post said.
