It’s the first U.S. strike in Somalia under the second Trump administration, but follows similar strikes in the country last year under then-president Joe Biden.

The attack is the largest overseas military operation by the second Trump administration so far, killing "multiple" ISIS members.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north.

U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President Donald Trump said. "These killers,

Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia. "These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media.

The United States used fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, according to U.S. officials.

Saturday airstrike was the first such operation of President Trump’s second term.