Israel’s Mossad and Military Helped Rescue Downed US Airman, Huckabee Says

The U.S. ambassador to Israel provided more details about the operation.

Now-U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on March 25, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The Israeli intelligence service Mossad and its military helped in the rescue of a downed American airman in Iran over the weekend, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Monday.

In a post on X, Huckabeee wrote that he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to thank the Israeli military “for unprecedented assistance to US Military & Intel agencies who conducted a historic rescue mission of our air crew in Iran.”