Trump says we're 'blowing up the whole country' if Iran doesn't make deal in 48 hours

Two C-130 aircraft were lost during the operation, an official said.

Last Updated: April 6, 2026, 1:24 AM EDT

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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Apr 05, 2026, 9:02 AM EDT

Trump makes profane threat about Strait of Hormuz after pilot rescue

President Donald Trump is threatening to attack Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully opened by then.

In a profanity-filled post on his social media platform on Sunday, Trump said to the Iranian regime in part, "you'll be living in Hell" if it did not open the critical maritime shipping channel for oil and trade.

"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!" Trump wrote in the post.

Trump posted his statement just minutes after offering some details of the rescue that unfolded "deep inside the mountains of Iran" of an F-15E crew member, whom he described as a "respected colonel" after his aircraft was downed on Friday by Iranian fire. Trump said the colonel was seriously wounded and was rescued as "the Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close."

Apr 05, 2026, 6:54 AM EDT

IDF launches fresh strikes in Beirut

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Sunday that it launched a fresh wave of strikes on alleged Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut's southern suburbs, on April 5, 2026.
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Apr 05, 2026, 5:41 AM EDT

Kuwait reports Iranian drone attacks on power, desalination plants

Kuwaiti authorities reported overnight Iranian attacks on two power and water desalination plants, plus on the Ministries Complex building in Kuwait City.

Fatima Abbas Jawhar Hayat, the spokesperson for Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy, said in a statement posted to X that two power and water desalination plants were targeted by Iranian drones, resulting in "significant material damage and the shutdown of two electricity generating units, without any human casualties."

The country's Ministry of Finance, meanwhile, said in a post to X that the Ministries Complex building was hit by a drone on Saturday evening. It reported "significant material damage to the building" but no casualties.

This picture shows a fishing boat sailing in Gulf waters in Kuwait City with the Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Causeway visible in the background on April 2, 2026.
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-ABC News' Mike Trew

Apr 05, 2026, 5:27 AM EDT

WHO chief says risk of 'nuclear accident' after strikes in Bushehr

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said in a post to X on Sunday that strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities "could trigger a nuclear accident, with health impacts that would devastate generations."

"With every passing day of this escalating conflict, the stakes and threats are raised higher and higher. We must de-escalate now," Ghebreyesus said, following the latest report of attacks near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday accused the U.S. and Israel of striking close to the plant four times since Feb. 28. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said one employee was killed in the latest strike near the facility on Saturday.

-ABC News' Rashid Haddou

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