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President Trump called the U.S. rescue operation of the two-person crew of an F-15 jet shot down in Iran last week “one of the largest, most complex, most harrowing” missions the U.S. military has ever conducted. @CharlieCBS has more on how it unfolded. cbsn.ws/3Om7AqY

A U.S. airman hiked up a 7,000-foot peak and took shelter in a crevice, after he and his crewmate were downed while flying over central Iran. Both airmen were rescued in a complex mission that involved dozens of commandos and aircraft.

The U.S. military has the ability to open the Strait of Hormuz “should we choose to do it,” former CENTCOM commander Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie says. He tells @edokeefe the Strait can be opened with an air and naval campaign and the use of ground troops would be probably used in any raids of key infrastructure. “A raid is an attack with a planned withdrawal where you don't plan to stay. The one exception might be Kharg Island,” McKenzie says. “I think Kharg Island is a very lucrative target and I'm sure we're looking at it hard right now. I have no idea if we're going to go up there.”

A U.S. Air Force officer has been rescued alive after an urgent, two-day manhunt involving special operations forces in a remote area of Iran where the F-15E fighter jet was shot down. @charliecbs has the details on the mission.

An American A-10 Warthog took fire and was damaged during a search-and-rescue mission for a crew member on a U.S. F-15E fighter jet that was downed over Iran on Friday, two U.S. officials told CBS News. @CharlieCBS reports the Warthog pilot ejected over the Persian Gulf and was successfully recovered. cbsn.ws/4c4cpNz

More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including the USS Tripoli with about 2,500 Marines, arrived in the Middle East on Saturday. cbsn.ws/4bDXAlL

U.S. forces have struck thousands of targets inside Iran and destroyed dozens of Iranian naval vessels as part of the war effort. @CBSNews has learned that Iran has placed a number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, posing a risk to vessels attempting to pass through. cbsn.ws/41nVOiF

Iranian ballistic missiles struck Israel overnight, inflicting damage on a scale not seen there since the beginning of the war. Nearly 200 people were injured in strikes in Arad and Dimona. @CharlieCBS reports from Tel Aviv.

Two separate Iranian strikes on the towns of Dimona and Arad in southern Israel wounded nearly 200 people after missile defense systems failed to intercept them, Israeli officials said. Dimona is the site of Israel's main nuclear facility, and believed to be the center of its undeclared nuclear weapons program. The latest strikes highlight concerns in Israel that it may be running low on missile interceptors. @charliecbs has the latest from Arad.

President Trump posted that the U.S. is “very close” to its objectives in Iran and is considering winding down military operations, even as thousands of additional troops, including 2,200 Marines aboard the USS Boxer, deploy to the region. cbsn.ws/4bBUGMX

Iran's increased use of cluster bombs has put pressure on Israeli air defenses, @charliecbs reports. "Sometimes they're intercepted, sometimes they split up into pieces, they come in flying looking like comets," noted D'Agata, who stood outside a damaged apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel. D'Agata explains why these weapons pose a problem for Israel.

Israeli officials said two more top Iranian figures were killed in strikes overnight, including the Islamic Republic's top security official Ali Larijani. @CharlieCBS got a rare look at Israel's most advanced missile launcher, the Arrow 3. cbsn.ws/4739fYO

The U.S. military has identified the six service members who were killed in Thursday's plane crash in western Iraq. Now, thousands more U.S. sailors and Marines are heading to the Middle East, equipped for close combat on sea or land. @charliecbs has the latest from the region.

With week three of the war underway, Iran launched one of the heaviest waves of missile strikes in a 24-hour period since fighting began. CBS News’ @charliecbs reports.

The Pentagon has identified the six crew members of a refueler that crashed after a mid-air collision over Iraq. Among them was 28-year-old Tech Sergeant Tyler Simmons, a boom operator. Simmons' father, Mylo Simmons, told CBS News on Saturday that his son was "a trailblazer," "the light of the party" and "always smiling." cbsn.ws/4cLtTAc

Over 200 U.S. service members have been injured across seven countries since the start of the conflict, according to a U.S. Central Command spokesperson. The seven countries where the service members were injured are Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. cbsn.ws/4ltbMkI

Iran urged Middle East countries to expel the U.S. military on Saturday. Nations in the Persian Gulf are reporting new attacks by Iranian drones and missiles, but the pace has slowed. CBS News’ @ImtiazTyab has more.

President Trump called on countries like the U.K., France, South Korea, Japan and even China to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iran tries to strangle the flow of oil from the region. CBS News’ Charlie D’Agata reports.

A fire broke out in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates after the interception of a drone, according to authorities. The United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry said nine ballistic missiles and 33 drones were fired towards the country on Saturday. No casualties were reported from this specific attack, according to the Fujairah media office.