U.S. military operations killed 153 civilians last year, Pentagon says
Three Yemen airstrikes accounted for every civilian casualty the Pentagon confirmed, while 15 other incidents remain under review, officials said.
- On Monday, the Pentagon submitted a report to Congress acknowledging that military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and injured 243, attributing all confirmed casualties to three airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen.
- Critics denounced the document as a "total whitewash" for excluding casualties from maritime strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, where U.S. operations have killed more than 200 people since September 2025.
- Under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon gutted Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response programs by 90%, with Hegseth vowing to focus on "maximum lethality, not tepid legality."
- Government officials blasted the report as "a... joke," while the Trump administration characterizes boat strike victims as "narco-terrorists"—claims the American Civil Liberties Union calls "unsubstantiated, fear-mongering."
- The ongoing Iran conflict raises concerns that undercounting civilian harm will obscure casualties, though the Pentagon is reportedly considering restoring some roles cut earlier this year.
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According to the U.S. government, more than 150 civilians were killed in US military operations in 2025, all of which are due to three attacks in Yemen.
At least 153 civilians were killed and nearly 250 were wounded in American attacks on the Houthis in Yemen last year. This is according to a report by the Department of Defense that it is required to share annually with the US Congress. Last year, the US military carried out attacks on at least a thousand targets of the Yemeni militia. At the time, the militant group fired on at least dozens of American defense vessels and commercial ships in t…
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) stated that 153 civilians were killed and 243 civilians were injured in airstrikes targeting Houthi targets in Yemen last year.
Pentagon Says US Strikes in Yemen Killed 153 Civilians
The Pentagon says U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi positions in Yemen killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 others, while 15 additional incidents remain under investigation. The U.S. Department of Defense has acknowledged that three U.S. airstrikes in Yemen in April 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 others, according to a 12-page report submitted to Congress. The Pentagon said the civilian casualties resulted from three separate airstrike…
A U.S. Department of Defense report submitted to Congress states that U.S. military operations will result in 153 civilian deaths and 243 injuries by 2025.
Pentagon assessment says US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025
U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.This compares with a Pentagon assessment that two civilians were killed and two were injured by U.S. military operations in 2024.A Pentagon report submitted to the U.S. Congress and published by U.S. media said that all the death and injury tolls against civilians recorded in 2025 were due to three U.S. strikes in…
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