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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-892254
U.S. Thanks Israel for Its Role in Pilot Rescue Operation
(Jerusalem Post) Tzvi Jasper - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to thank Israel for its role in rescuing the two U.S. Air Force crewmembers whose plane had been shot down in Iran, the ambassador said on X on Monday, adding "IDF & Mossad were helpful partners in the mission." The mission relied in part on Israeli intelligence and tactical support to ensure the airmen were extracted before they could be captured by Iranian forces. Sources said the IDF, acting in cooperation with U.S. forces, launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets that were strategically designed to act as a diversion, drawing Iranian security forces away from the crash site and toward other areas.