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

The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

US airstrikes in Somalia’s northern Puntland region have reportedly killed key figures in the Islamic State group, aka IS.

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

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.

PALM BEACH, United States - US forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Feb 1 targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President Donald Trump said.

Donald Trump has said "many" ISIS terrorists have been killed in caves in Somalia by US airstrikes he ordered this morning. Posting on his social media site Truth Social, the US president said: "This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia.

The US military conducted airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS) operatives in Somalia, marking the first such operation during US President Trump's second term.

I ordered precise military airstrikes on a senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia," Donald Trump announced on social media. He added that the strikes "killed many terrorists without causing harm to civilians.