Overview
- The New York Times disclosed that the September operation used an aircraft made to appear civilian, prompting scrutiny over possible perfidy under international humanitarian law.
- Officials cited by the report said the plane carried its munitions inside the fuselage rather than visibly under the wings.
- After the initial hit, U.S. forces launched a second salvo that killed survivors, a sequence some lawmakers had labeled potentially criminal.
- Subsequent missions have relied on clearly military platforms, including drones, according to the reporting.
- Reporting attributes more than 100 deaths in the Caribbean and Pacific to the campaign since September, with the first strike announced by President Trump as killing 11.