# The human toll of escalating US air strikes in Somalia

https://mins.news/en/item/107124

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-20 01:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/us-air-strikes-surge-in-somalia-as-families-seek-answers?traffic_source=rss

> Residents around Jamaame in Somalia’s Jubaland state say people were killed and injured, families displaced and livelihoods destroyed during a November 2025 offensive involving US air strikes and Somali ground forces. The US military acknowledged strikes in the area but said its review did not find it more likely than not that US operations caused the reported harm, a conclusion at odds with family accounts and independent monitoring reports.

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