PRESIDENT Donald Trump has killed “many” ISIS terrorists with pinpoint airstrikes in Somalia.
The Republican announced the US military hit terror targets cowering away inside caves as he vowed “we will find you & kill you” to any other militants hiding out.
Trump wrote a powerful message on Truth Social saying: “This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia.
“These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies.
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.”
He added that the US military has spent years gathering intelligence on these ISIS hideouts but former President Joe Biden “and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done”.
Trump ended his post by saying to anyone who attacks the US: “We will find you, and we will kill you!”
It marks the first time Trump has ordered an overseas attack in Somalia during his second term.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed he conducted the coordinated strikes alongside Trump and the Federal Government of Somalia.
The aerial attacks on a senior Islamic State (IS) planner were carried out by US Africa Command in the Golis mountains, he added.
Hegseth continued: “This action further degrades ISIS’s ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening US citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians.”
The name or number of confirmed kills are yet to be announced.
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IS operatives have caused havoc across the globe over the past few decades but have been mainly patrolling parts of Africa in recent years.
In Somalia alone, there are estimated to be hundreds of IS fighters mostly in the Cal Miskaat mountains in Puntlands Bari region, according to the International Crisis Group.
The US has been leading the hunt for any remaining members of the terror group.
In 2023, Biden ordered a special forces operation in northern Somalia which eliminated a senior ISIS commander and 10 other militants.
The raid targeted a mountain cave complex hidden in a remote region of the African nation.
Three more IS operatives were taken out last May in another US airstrike on a secluded area near Dhaardaar.
