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President Trump said Monday that God is on the side of the U.S. as Iran faces the looming zero hour on the president's ultimatum to make a deal to end the war or suffer even worse destruction.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drew parallels Monday between the story of Easter and the airman rescued in Iran Sunday.

President Trump fumed Monday over the leak of information that revealed one U.S. military aviator was missing behind enemy lines in Iran, even as the military had recovered the plane's pilot.

President Trump on Monday said Iran could be wiped out by the U.S. military in a single day, ramping up his rhetoric ahead of his Tuesday deadline for Tehran to make a deal or face devastating strikes on its infrastructure.

Iran on Monday issued a defiant response to the U.S.'s 45-day ceasefire proposal, rejecting a temporary pause to the war and calling for a lasting resolution that considers Tehran's security.

President Trump said Monday he is sticking by his deadline of 8 p.m. Tuesday before he begins targeting Iranian infrastructure as both sides in the war look at a ceasefire proposal.

Russia launched a drone attack against targets in Odesa, killing at least three people and leaving thousands without electricity after a power substation was struck, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.

Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israel attacked the South Pars petrochemical plant at Asaluyeh.

A top European official warned Monday that attacks on Iranian energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure would be "illegal," a not-so-subtle message to President Trump as the U.S. commander in chief threatens devastating strikes.

A U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Monday killed the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence branch, according to Israel's Ministry of Defense.