Hyderabad, April 4 -- On the 36th day of the United States (US)-Israeli war on Iran, Saturday, April 4, tensions escalated sharply as search operations continued for a missing US fighter pilot, even as the conflict widened across the region with fresh strikes in Lebanon and Syria and multiple security incidents in the Gulf.

Missing US crew search intensifies as Trump warns of response

US President Donald Trump said: "We are now at war and what happened today is part of that war."

In remarks to The Independent, he added: "I am not yet ready to announce what America will do if the missing fighter pilot is harmed," signalling that Washington is weighing its response as search operations continue.

US media confirmed that one crew member f...