Overview
- Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley told lawmakers he did not receive a "kill all" order and defended the second strike, while Democrats called the footage of apparent shipwrecked survivors being hit deeply troubling and several Republicans backed the operation.
- The Pentagon inspector general found Secretary Pete Hegseth shared nonpublic attack timing over Signal, creating operational risk, though the review recommended no penalties as Hegseth claimed “total exoneration.”
- President Donald Trump said he would support releasing the video of the second strike and argued the maritime campaign saves American lives, adding the effort could extend on land soon.
- Relatives of Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging an extrajudicial killing in a September 15 strike.
- Since early September, U.S. forces have carried out roughly 21 attacks that destroyed about 22 boats and killed at least 83 people, drawing condemnations from the U.N. human rights chief and rights groups and prompting polling that shows support drops when public evidence is demanded.