- U.S. and Israeli forces rescued a U.S. Air Force officer after his fighter jet was shot down in Iran, marking the first such incident since the war began.
- President Trump celebrated the rescue, claimed the officer would recover, and issued a threat to bomb Iranian infrastructure if
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