WASHINGTON/EL CAIRO, (Reuters) – Irán derribó un avión de guerra estadounidense el viernes en el primer incidente conocido de este tipo en la guerra de cinco semanas , dijeron funcionarios de ambas naciones, uno de los miembros de la tripulación fue rescatado después de eyectarse y el otro sigue desaparecido, según una fuente estadounidense.
El incidente puso de manifiesto los riesgos a los que aún se enfrentan los aviones estadounidenses e israelíes sobre Irán, a pesar de las afirmaciones del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y su secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, de que sus fuerzas tenían el control total del espacio aéreo.
Mientras tanto, un segundo avión de combate de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos se estrelló el viernes en la región del Golfo, según informó el New York Times, citando a dos funcionarios estadounidenses. Su único piloto fue rescatado, añadió el Times.
Según informaron los medios iraníes, los residentes dispararon contra helicópteros estadounidenses que participaban en una misión de búsqueda y rescate tras el derribo de lo que fuentes estadounidenses describieron como un avión F-15E de dos plazas.
El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán informó que estaba rastreando una zona cercana al lugar donde cayó el avión en el suroeste del país, y el gobernador regional prometió una condecoración para cualquiera que capturara o eliminara a «fuerzas del enemigo hostil».
El Pentágono y el Comando Central de Estados Unidos no respondieron de inmediato a las solicitudes de comentarios.
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William Goodhind, analista de imágenes forenses de Contested Ground, afirmó que las imágenes de la aleta de cola del avión que se ven en las fotos publicadas en las redes sociales coinciden con las de un F-15E Strike Eagle, que transporta a dos tripulantes.
NO HAY SIGNOS DE QUE LA GUERRA VEA EL FIN
La posibilidad de que un militar estadounidense esté vivo y huyendo dentro de Irán aumenta la tensión para Washington en un conflicto con escaso apoyo público y sin señales de un final inminente.
Gráfico de barras apiladas que muestra los resultados de una encuesta realizada entre estadounidenses sobre la guerra con Irán.
Irán ha comunicado oficialmente a los mediadores que no está dispuesto a reunirse con funcionarios estadounidenses en Islamabad en los próximos días y que los esfuerzos para lograr un alto el fuego, liderados por Pakistán, han llegado a un punto muerto, según informó el Wall Street Journal el viernes.
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The U.S. and Israel opened the campaign with a wave of strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28. The war has killed thousands and threatened lasting damage to the global economy.
So far, 13 U.S. military service members have been killed in the conflict and more than 300 have been wounded, according to the U.S. Central Command.
Iran has rained drones and missiles down on Israel. It has also taken aim at Gulf countries allied to the U.S., which have so far held back from joining the war directly for fear of further escalation.
In a security alert on Friday, the U.S. embassy in Beirut said Iran and its aligned armed groups may target universities in Lebanon, urging U.S. citizens in the country to leave while commercial flights are still available.
Israel has been waging a parallel campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon after the militant group fired at Israel in support of Iran.
TRUMP THREATENS TO STRIKE BRIDGES, POWER PLANTS
On Friday, as Trump threatened to hit its bridges and power plants, Iran struck a power and water plant in Kuwait, underlining the vulnerability of Gulf states that rely heavily on desalination plants for drinking water.
On Thursday, Trump posted footage on social media showing dust and smoke billowing up as U.S. strikes hit the newly constructed B1 bridge between Tehran and nearby Karaj, which was due to open this year, and said more attacks would follow.
«Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants!» he wrote in a subsequent post.
On Friday, a drone hit a Red Crescent relief warehouse in the Choghadak area of Iran’s southern Bushehr province.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery had been hit by drones. Other attacks were also reported to have been intercepted in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. Missile debris landed near the Israeli port of Haifa, site of a major oil refinery.
Oil markets were closed after benchmark U.S. crude prices gained 11% on Thursday following a speech by Trump that offered no clear sign of an imminent end to the war.
Reporting by Phil Stewart in Washington, Reuters bureaux; Writing by James Mackenzie and Sharon Singleton; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Bill Berkrot
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