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Pentagon admits US strikes killed 153 Yemen civilians in 2025
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Pentagon admits US strikes killed 153 Yemen civilians in 2025

A newly released, unclassified Pentagon review has confirmed that US military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen killed 153 civilians in 2025. The report offers the most detailed official accounting yet of civilian harm from the American campaign, and lands as Pete Hegseth separately warns that the ICC may investigate US boat strikes against drug cartels in Latin America.

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