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What we know so far
• Mounting threats: US President Donald Trump appeared to set a new deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time,” he wrote, after issuing a profane message renewing threats to bomb power plants and other infrastructure if Tehran does not lift its effective blockade on the vital waterway.
• Tehran defiant: Senior Iranian officials issued their own threats in response to Trump’s ultimatum and said the strait will remain blocked until Iran receives pay for war damages.
• Daring rescue operation: A US airman whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran evaded capture for more than a day, hiding alone and scaling rugged terrain as a massive rescue effort unfolded, officials told CNN.
• Diplomatic efforts: Behind the scenes, sources say Oman has held last-ditch talks with Iran about the Strait of Hormuz, while Pakistan and Egypt have worked to keep communications open between Washington and Tehran.
Two killed after Iranian strike on residential building in Haifa
Two bodies have been recovered from the site of an Iranian strike earlier overnight into Sunday on a six-story residential building in the Israeli city of Haifa, Israeli media Haaretz reported. Rescuers are searching for two other people who remain missing, Haaretz said.
Earlier, the Israeli military said four people were missing inside of the building and trapped under the rubble, according to a video statement by the Chief of Staff of the Home Front Command, Brigadier General Elad Edri.
Several others inside the building were wounded and hospitalized, Edri said in the video.
Iranian rescue workers dig through rubble in Tehran as state media says at least 13 killed in US-Israeli strikes
New video posted to Telegram by the Iranian Red Crescent Society shows rescue crews digging through rubble at what the aid agency describes as the site of an airstrike in a residential area of Tehran.
The video was posted in the early hours of Monday morning local time, but it is not clear exactly where or what time the footage was filmed.
In a separate update, at least 13 people have been killed in a US-Israeli attack early Monday on two residential buildings in Baharestan County, a densely populated area southwest of Tehran, Baharestan’s governor said, according to Iranian state media Fars.
Search efforts are ongoing to rescue any individuals still trapped under the rubble, Fars reported.
In a short statement published early Monday morning local time, the Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a “wave of strikes” on targets in Tehran.
Satellite imagery shows cratered roads in area where US staged airman rescue
Newly released satellite imagery from Airbus shows dozens of craters along roads in the area where the second downed US airman was extracted on Sunday.
The satellite images show at least 28 craters along several roads in central Esfahan province, around 20 kilometers from a remote airstrip where US forces destroyed their own aircraft after they became damaged.
The craters, which appear one after another along roadways, were around 9 meters wide — just large enough to destroy the width of the roads that appeared to have been targeted with deliberate precision.
CNN earlier reported that as American special operations forces converged on the mountainside where the downed officer had been hiding, US planes conducted strikes in the area to ensure Iranian forces could not get there first.
The number craters mentioned in this post has been updated to 28, based on additional satellite imagery seen by CNN showing more craters in the area.
Satellite imagery shows circular crater at F-15E crash site in central Iran
Newly released satellite imagery shows a circular crater in the same area where debris from the US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet was found in central Iran on Friday.
The satellite imagery provided by Airbus was taken on April 5. In the image two white vehicles can be seen near the crater. Several people can also be standing next to the crater. The crater is approximately 40 feet wide, according to a CNN analysis.
While it is not clear what caused the crater, it is not unusual for military aircraft crash sites to be bombed to stop any sensitive equipment falling into enemy hands.
The crater seen in the satellite image was located around 30 kilometers northwest of the site where US forces destroyed several of their own aircraft during the rescue operation to extract the second downed airmen on Sunday.
The location of the crash site was first identified by Obretix, a independent researcher. CNN was able confirm the location of the crater and debris field by matching the mountain range in the background of images released by state media with satellite imagery.
Missiles seen in sky above Jerusalem
Videos captured by a CNN producer in Jerusalem early Monday showed missiles traveling through the sky.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had warned missiles had been launched from Iran toward Israel and defensive systems were working to intercept the threat.
The IDF later announced it was safe to leave protected spaces.
Netanyahu says he spoke with Trump about mission to rescue US airman in Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke with US President Donald Trump today, congratulating him for the “perfectly executed American mission” to rescue a US airman stranded in Iranian territory.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment. Israeli sources previously told CNN that Israel offered intelligence support and postponed some planned strikes on Iran to avoid interfering with the search-and-rescue mission for the airman.
Empty streets in Jerusalem's Old City mark a quiet Easter Sunday
Israeli authorities have restricted access to religious sites in East Jerusalem since the war began, citing what they described as security and safety concerns.
CNN’s Jim Sciutto walked the empty streets of Jerusalem’s Old City on Easter Sunday to see how worship for people across religious groups has been disrupted:
CNN’s Jim Sciutto walks the empty streets of Jerusalem's Old City to see how worship for those practicing Christianity, Islam and Judaism has been disrupted amid the war with Iran. Israeli authorities restricted access to religious sites in East Jerusalem after the outbreak of the war, citing what they described as security and safety concerns.
Nearly 7 hours after missile strike in Haifa, emergency crews still searching for 4 people
It’s been nearly seven hours since a missile struck a seven-story building in Haifa, Israel, and emergency workers say they are still searching for four people within the rubble.
“This is a very complex scene with large-scale destruction,” Ilan Ohana, spokesperson for Israel Fire and Rescue Coastal District, told CNN. “The building was severely damaged as a result of a direct impact that hit several apartments.”
“There are 4 people out of contact,” Ohana said, “one seriously injured and seven lightly injured at this stage. There is still a lot of work ahead of us.”
Earlier Sunday, Shevach Rothenshtrych, a senior EMT with Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA), told CNN that the building’s occupants had told emergency workers that “there were casualties trapped under the rubble on the lower floors.”
Rothenshtrych said MDA workers had to move “large pieces of concrete with our hands” to rescue an 82-year-old man, sending him to a hospital in an ambulance soon after.
Video and photos from the site show a scene familiar in Israel after a month of trading blows with Iran: smoke rising over the skyline; yellow emergency vehicles crowded around the disaster’s perimeter; firefighters scrambling over crumbling concrete and mangled rebar, hosing down the smoking remains of the struck apartment building.
Oil prices climb after Trump's threats over Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices pushed higher Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.4% to $110.60. US crude rose 1.8% to $113.60.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!” Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday morning.
Hours later, he appeared to set a new deadline, writing on social media on Sunday afternoon, “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
A senior Iranian official responded Sunday that the strait won’t be reopened until the country is “fully compensated” for war damages.
Trump had issued a similar two-day ultimatum to Iran on March 21, only to extend the deadline to April 6.
The threat is a stark contrast to Trump’s claims last week that the US did not need the Strait of Hormuz.
Read more about oil prices here.
This post has been updated with additional information.
Army Delta Force and Navy SEAL Team Six were involved in rescue operation
The elite Army Delta Force and Navy SEAL Team Six were among the hundreds of special operations troops and US military and intelligence personnel involved in the rescue of the US Air Force colonel in Iran, according to a source briefed on the executive summary of the search-and-rescue operation.
The injured officer was ultimately rescued following two days of risky operations, after the officer’s F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down during a night mission in southwestern Iran. The jet was from the 48th Fighter Wing out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, the source said.
Senior officials described the recovery effort as one of most challenging combat search-and-rescue missions due to the terrain, a hostile Iranian pursuit and post-recovery complications.
Trump will hold news conference from White House briefing room Monday
President Donald Trump will take reporters’ questions from the White House briefing room tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET.
The president will appear alongside military officials and address the rescue of a missing US airman in Iran.
Earlier today, Trump announced he would hold the news conference from the Oval Office, meaning that only a smaller group of White House pool reporters would be present.
“Due to popular demand from the press, President Trump’s news conference tomorrow will now take place in the White House Briefing Room. 1PM ET,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Trump has appeared in the briefing room before, most recently holding an impromptu press conference earlier this year after the US Supreme Court struck down his emergency tariffs.
Trump appears to set a new deadline as he threatens more strikes in Iran. Catch up here
President Donald Trump appeared to set a new deadline for a US military response if Iran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, writing on social media this afternoon, “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
That message came hours after he repeated his vow to bomb key Iranian infrastructure, including power plants, if Tehran does not comply. Targeting critical civilian infrastructure could be considered a war crime.
Trump has declared and then modified deadlines for the opening of the strait multiple times in recent weeks.
Senior Iranian officials have responded derisively to Trump’s ultimatums, demanding financial compensation for damage to Iran and accusing Trump of pushing the US toward “a living HELL.”
Here’s a review of our other latest headlines:
- At least 11 people, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, local officials and media said.
- Iranian-linked militias targeted US diplomats and facilities in Iraq in two overnight attacks, a State Department spokesperson said, although they did not specify the exact locations of the attacks.
- Eighteen far-right Israeli lawmakers are demanding Israel’s military expand its plans to destroy villages along the Lebanese border and expel their inhabitants.
- While visiting Qatar this weekend, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned of the war with Iran causing ripple effects in Italy, especially when it comes to fuel.
- The Iranian and Russian foreign ministers held a phone call Sunday, in which Iran described US threats to target the country’s energy facilities as an admission of intent to commit a war crime, according to a readout of the call. Russia has been advising Iran on drone warfare during the conflict, Western intelligence sources told CNN, after using Iranian-designed drones in its own war against Ukraine. That has included massive attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
CNN’s Julia Benbrook, Billy Stockwell, Issy Ronald, Ibrahim Dahman, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Dalia Abdelwahab, Tal Shalev, Max Saltman and Antonia Mortensen contributed to this report.
Iranian-linked militias targeted US diplomats in Iraq overnight, US State Department says
Iranian-linked militias targeted US diplomats and facilities in Iraq in two overnight attacks, a State Department spokesperson said Sunday, as the US war with Iran drags on.
“We will not hesitate to defend our personnel and facilities should the Iraqi government be unable to fulfill its obligations,” the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson did not specify the exact locations of the attacks.
As CNN has reported, the US Embassy Baghdad, US Consulate General Erbil and the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center have faced repeated attacks since the start of the US and Israeli war against Iran.
The US State Department just last week announced it is offering a reward of up to $3 million for information on attacks on its diplomatic facilities in Iraq.
From Qatar, Italy’s Meloni warns of ripple effects of Iran war
While visiting Qatar this weekend, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned of the war with Iran causing ripple effects in Italy, especially when it comes to fuel.
“If production or transit contracts or even stops (in the Persian Gulf region),” Meloni said, “the price increases for everyone, and if it worsens, we could end up not having all the energy that is needed in Italy as well.”
“Consider that Qatar alone, which is where we are, covers 10% of Italy’s gas needs, and overall, the Gulf area guarantees our nation about 15% of the total oil it requires,” Meloni continued. “And it is for this reason that I am here to speak with leaders with whom Italy has always had fundamental strategic, economic, and energy relations.”
Meloni’s comments come after Air BP Italia, a major jet fuel supplier in Italy, issued a notice warning of “limited” fuel at four Italian airports from April 2 through April 9.
“Pilots are requested to compute enough fuel quantity from previous airports for next flight legs,” the notice read.
However, Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority President Pierluigi di Palma told Italian news agency ANSA that the shortage stems from heavy Easter travel, rather than war-related supply chain issues.
Pakistan and Egypt are keeping communications open between Iran and US, source says
Pakistan and Egypt are among the countries channeling communications between US and Iranian officials, a Pakistani official source told CNN on Sunday.
The news comes as US President Donald Trump appeared to set a new deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz before the United States begins targeting Iranian power facilities. Trump told Axios on Sunday that his special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in negotiations with Iran.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a social media post on Saturday that Foreign Minister Mohammed Ishaq Dar had spoken with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
During the call, Dar “reiterated Pakistan’s support for all efforts aimed at de-escalation and underscored the importance of resolving issues through dialogue and diplomacy.”
Israeli far-right says military plan to destroy Lebanese border villages doesn’t go far enough
Eighteen far-right Israeli lawmakers, including some from the ruling Likud party, are demanding that Israel’s military expand its plans to destroy villages along the Lebanese border and expel their inhabitants.
In a letter to the Israeli Security Cabinet obtained by CNN on Sunday, the lawmakers said Israel ought to draw a “new security border” at and beyond the Litani River, expelling hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians who live south of the proposed line.
The security cabinet is meeting Sunday to discuss fighting in Iran and Lebanon, an Israeli official told CNN.
The lawmakers’ demands echo statements made by Israel’s defense minister in recent weeks, while the Israeli military is considering more limited plans. An Israeli military official told CNN on Friday that the military is mulling plans to destroy civilian infrastructure within 2 to 3 kilometers of the border to create a buffer zone with northern Israel.
Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed late last month that Lebanese villages near the border with Israel are “Hezbollah outposts,” adding that Israel will “maintain security control over the Litani area” and not allow the 600,000 Lebanese who fled north to return to their homes “until the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.”
The Israeli military intends to destroy the villages “in accordance with the Rafah and Khan Younis model in Gaza, in order to remove the threat to Israeli communities,” the defense minister said.
Both Rafah and Khan Younis were reduced to rubble during the war in Gaza, and Israel has occupied both sites even after the ceasefire with Hamas.
Widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure without clear military necessity violates international law, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
At least 11, including 4-year-old, killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon
At least 11 people, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon even as a third of the country’s population marked Easter Sunday, local officials and media said.
One strike hit the southern village of Kfarhata, killing seven people including a 4-year-old girl, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, citing the country’s health ministry.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had overnight issued an evacuation order for the village, telling residents to flee at least a kilometer away.
A separate Israeli strike killed at least four people and injured 40 more when it hit a residential area of Beirut, near the Rafik Hariri Public Hospital, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF) who are supporting operations at the hospital.
“We are seeing elderly people and adolescents arriving with critical injuries to the head, chest and abdomen, including shrapnel wounds,” Dr.
Luna Hammad, MSF Medical Coordinator, said in a post from the hospital’s ER.
“When strikes hit crowded residential areas without warning, the consequences are severe: both in human casualties and in hospitals’ capacity to respond.”
Footage from the scene showed rescue workers sifting through the rubble left by collapsed buildings, and huge plumes of smoke can be seen rising from the scene in images geolocated by CNN. The IDF had issued an evacuation order for a nearby building and the surrounding area earlier on Saturday.
CNN has contacted the IDF for comment.
CNN’s Farida Elsebai and Lauren Izso contributed reporting.
Democrats throw cold water on White House's $1.5 trillion request for defense funds
Democratic lawmakers are expressing wariness over the White House’s record defense budget request, as the president threatens to ratchet up strikes on Iranian infrastructure.
The White House is seeking roughly $1.5 trillion for defense as part of a fiscal 2027 budget request — a proposal that would increase the government’s defense spending by more than 40% compared with last year.
Here’s what Democratic lawmakers have told news outlets about the request:
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told ABC the Pentagon has “more than enough resources” from previous allocations and urged Congress to be “good stewards of taxpayer dollars.”
- Sen. Tim Kaine, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told NBC he’s having “a hard time” justifying the size of the increase. “I don’t think Congress is going to be in a mood to write a blank check to a leadership team, a civilian leadership team, that seems so inept these days,” Kaine said.
- Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, acknowledged a vote to approve the defense funding could be conflated with support for authorizing the war in Iran. Smith said he thought the war was a “mistake,” but “if we’re going to keep going, I think we ought to raise taxes and pay for it instead of just putting it on a credit card,” he told News Nation.
CNN’s Tami Luhby and Adam Cancryn contributed to this report.
Trump appears to set new deadline for Tuesday night if no deal is reached to reopen strait
President Donald Trump appeared to set a new deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, writing on social media this afternoon, “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
The post comes after he wrote just hours earlier that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
In a profanity-laced social media post, Trump threatens Iran over its closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed since the war began. CNN's Betsy Klein reports.
CNN has reached out to the White House for more details on the president’s recent post.
The president has repeatedly threatened to target Iranian power facilities if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz on his timeline and recently said that “time is running out.”
When Trump first made the threat late last month, he said the country had just 48 hours to open up the critical waterway. He then pushed that deadline back several days before delaying it again to Monday, April 6, at 8 p.m. ET.
In a phone interviews today, the president has repeated that he plans to take action on Tuesday if a deal is not reached.
“If they don’t make a deal,” Trump said in an interview with Axios, “I am blowing up everything over there.”
“If they don’t come through, if they want to keep it closed, they’re going to lose every power plant and every other plant they have in the whole country,” Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“And if they don’t do something by Tuesday evening, they won’t have any power plants and they won’t have any bridges standing,” he added.
Some context: Targeting critical civilian infrastructure, which includes power plants, could be considered a war crime.
Trump has also threatened to strike water treatment plants. The Geneva Conventions and its protocols define objects indispensable to the survival of a civilian population as illegal military targets and clearly cites “drinking water installations and supplies and irrigation work” as falling into that category.
