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A U.S. service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A frantic U.S. search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E Strike Eaglejet on Friday, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the “enemy pilot.”<\/p>\n

A second crew member was rescued earlier.<\/p>\n

Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but “will be just fine,” adding that he took refuge “in the treacherous mountains of Iran.”<\/p>\n

Trump added that the rescue involved “dozens of aircraft” <\/a><\/span>and that U.S. had been monitoring his location “24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue.”<\/p>\n

The fighter jet was the first U.S. aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the conflict in late February.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Israel’s military warns the public of another missile barrage coming from Iran, the third-such alert of the day
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Another airstrike in southeastern Tehran hits a home, killing at least three people, Iranian state TV reports
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Strikes in southern Iran kill 6 people <\/h2>\n
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From Sunday into Monday across Iran, local media and activists reported strikes on Ahvaz, Bandar Lengeh, Karaj and Shiraz as well.<\/p>\n

The strikes in Bandar Lengeh and Kong killed at least six people and wounded 17 others, the state-run IRAN newspaper said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Israel’s Magen David Adom and Fire and Rescue services said early Monday that there are two reported sites of Iranian missile hits in the northern city of Haifa. <\/p>\n

Video footage provided by Magen David Adom of the affected sites show active fire and bombed cars in what appears to be a residential area. <\/p>\n

It is still unclear whether those were direct hits or damage from falling shrapnel from interceptions.<\/p>\n

The missile strikes comes a day after another attack from Iran also hit a Haifa residential area, killing two people and injuring others.<\/p>\n

Two people were still trapped in the rubble caused by the Sunday attack and their fate is unknown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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