April 4 (UPI) -- Israel's military suspended attacks in an area of Iran where a U.S. airman is believed to be lost as U.S. forces carried out a second day of search-and-rescue operations Saturday.
The service member was one of two pilots on board an F-15E fighter jet that Iran shot down over its airspace on Friday. U.S. officials were able to safely rescue one of the pilots, but the second was missing.
An unnamed Israeli official told The New York Times that the Israeli military halted its operations in the area -- the mountainous regions of Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad and Khuzestan provinces -- amid the search. The official said it was also sharing information with U.S. officials to aid in the rescue mission.
Meanwhile, state-run media in Iran encouraged civilians in the region to also look for the missing U.S. airman, The Guardian reported.
Speaking Friday with NBC News, President Donald Trump said the downed U.S. fighter jet won't affect the United States' negotiations with Iran more than a month after U.S. and Israeli forces began strikes on the country.
