JUST IN: Newly released video shows the U.S. military deploying jets, attack helicopters and more for a large-scale strike against suspected ISIS sites.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2025
American military forces struck more than 70 targets at several locations to avenge the deaths of two Iowa National Guard… pic.twitter.com/Nw3KJ7u5iX
The Fox News X post shares newly released footage of a major U.S. military operation in Syria, showing fighter jets taking off at night, attack helicopters in action, bombing runs with flares and explosions, and ground perspectives of strikes lighting up the sky.
This video depicts Operation Hawkeye Strike, a large-scale retaliatory airstrike launched on December 19, 2025, targeting over 70 suspected ISIS sites across central Syria. The operation involved F-15 and A-10 fighter jets, Apache attack helicopters, and artillery, focusing on ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons storage facilities.The strikes were in direct response to a December 13, 2025, ambush in Palmyra, Syria, where a lone ISIS gunman killed two Iowa Army National Guard soldiers—Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard (29, Marshalltown) and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar (25, Grimes)—along with civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, and wounded three others.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described it as a "declaration of vengeance," emphasizing it was not the start of a new war but a targeted blow against ISIS. President Trump called the action "very serious retaliation" on the terrorists responsible.This operation reinforces the ongoing U.S. counter-terrorism mission in Syria (with around 900-1,000 troops remaining), aimed at preventing ISIS resurgence, amid cooperation with the post-Assad Syrian government.
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