{"id":17120,"date":"2026-08-12T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17120"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:56:02","slug":"us-military-operations-killed-153-civilians-in-2025-official-says-citing-pentagon-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17120","title":{"rendered":"US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, official says, citing Pentagon assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on \u200bTuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.<br>This compares with a Pentagon assessment that \u200ctwo civilians were killed and two were injured by U.S. military operations in 2024.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260812155455-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260812155455-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260812155455-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260812155455-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260812155455.png 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Here are details:<br>A Pentagon report submitted to the U.S. Congress and published, opens new tab by U.S. media said \u200bthat all the death and injury tolls against civilians recorded \u200bin 2025 were due to three U.S. strikes in Yemen.<br>The \u2060Pentagon report said the U.S. Central Command had assessed that the three \u200bstrikes in April 2025 in Yemen &#8220;more likely than not&#8221; resulted in civilian \u200bharm.<br>The Pentagon report also said that as of February 2026, there were 15 other incidents in Yemen that the U.S. Central Command was currently assessing in response to \u200breports received through non-governmental organizations.<br>The U.S. military says it aims to \u200bdegrade the capabilities of Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen.<br>The Pentagon report did not include \u200cany casualties \u2060from U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.<br>The report said as of February 1, 2026, the U.S. Southern Command assessed that &#8220;there were no incidents in which civilian casualties more likely than not resulted from U.S. military \u200boperations in the \u200bUSSOUTHCOM area of \u2060responsibility in 2025.&#8221;<br>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has struck vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, \u200bcasting its targets as &#8220;narco-terrorists.&#8221;<br>The U.S. military&#8217;s strikes on such \u200bvessels have \u2060killed more than 200 people since September 2025, according to a tally of death tolls published after each strike.<br>Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International consider \u2060such \u200bstrikes unlawful extrajudicial killings. The American Civil \u200bLiberties Union casts the assertions by the Trump administration against those it targets as &#8220;unsubstantiated, fear-mongering claims.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on \u200bTuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.This compares with a Pentagon assessment that \u200ctwo civilians were killed and two were injured by U.S. military operations in 2024. 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