Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. U.S. and Israeli forces have rescued a U.S. Air Force officer, nearly two days after his plane was shot down in a mountainous region of Iran.

M.P. Myers-Meyer-Eliason reports President Trump celebrated the news and also issued a new threat.

Trump said the rescued officer sustained injuries, but

quote, he will be just fine. This was the first time Iran has shot down a U.S. fighter jet since the

war started. President Trump also issued a profane threat to Iran on Easter Sunday morning.

He said starting Tuesday, the U.S. will bomb power plants and bridges if Iran doesn't open

the Strait of Hormuz. The president has issued a series of contradictory statements on the

strait, saying that it would open naturally when the war ends, or that European countries should open

the strait themselves. But it's hard to see how Trump can declare victory and end the war if the straight is still controlled by Iran.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

Easter in Jerusalem was somber this year.

Israeli authorities have implemented tight restrictions, allowing only residents and a few visitors into the walled old city.

NPR's Kerry Carrie Khan has more.

This Easter, only about a dozen priests were praying inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher,

where it's believed Jesus died and was resurrected. The Latin Patriarchs Office shared this

video. Last week, he was barred from entering by Israeli police citing safety restrictions.

After wide criticism, a small number are back in, but no crowds.

Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali says holy places without pilgrims is like a body without soul.

We intensify our prayer for peace, for the politicians,

so that they may take another way, change their mind,

and choose the way of peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

This pays off more, he says, than violence.

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