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

President Trump confirmed a military operation conducted in Somalia targeting ISIS. CBS News' Ellee Watson has more on the strikes.

The U.S. military said it conducted airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday, hitting targets associated with the Islamic State. A statement from United States Africa Command said they believe several ISIS operatives were killed in the attack, and that it is believed no civilians were harmed.

Donald Trump claimed that ISIL targets in Somalia Were killed with no civilian casualties, but no official casualty numbers were released.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth announced air strikes in Africa on ISIS-Somalia targets that "killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians."

Trump releases ‘unclassified’ footage of deadly US airstrikes blitzing ISIS terrorists THIS is the moment the US military launches pinpoint airstrikes on ISIS terrorists after Donald Trump ordered the deadly blasts.

Dramatic new video shows the moment US military bombed a cave complex in Somalia obliterating a senior ISIS “attack planner” and several other militants on Saturday. The Feb. 1 precision airstrikes — ordered by President Trump and launched in coordination with the Somalian government and US Africa Command — took out several terrorists who,