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The U.S. military said the retaliatory strikes began at the direction of President Donald Trump. Two helicopter crew members were rescued by a Navy sea drone, a first for the U.S. military, officials said.

The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.

The United States launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump promised retaliation for an attack on a U.S. helicopter.

The US launched strikes against Iran in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman, according to a statement from US Central Command. Follow live news updates.

President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.

Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel on June 7, the Israeli military said, marking the first such attack since the early April ceasefire.

The exchange, after Tehran's first such strike on Israel in two months, threatened to further complicate efforts to broker a peace deal aimed at ending the war.