US launches rescue operation after report claims fighter jet downed – AP source

A woman checks a destroyed house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Saksakiyeh village, south Lebanon (Hussein Malla/AP)

The US military launched a rescue operation after local Iranian state media said an American fighter jet went down over south-western Iran and at least one crew member ejected.

Israel is helping the US with the search and rescue operation, according to an Israeli military officer briefed on the information who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a US announcement.