U.S. Central Command released new footage showing joint U.S. and Jordanian forces striking more than 70 ISIS targets across Syria, including Deir Ezzor, during Operation Hawkeye Strike in the two hours ending at 2:45 AM UTC on December 20, 2025, in response to the December 13 Palmyra attack that killed three Americans, according to Faytuks Network on X. The footage, posted by Faytuks Network, depicts the collaborative effort building on CENTCOM's prior confirmation of strikes using fighter jets, attack helicopters, and other assets on over 70 ISIS sites during the 58 minutes ending at 12:45 AM UTC, as stated in CENTCOM's X statement. A U.S. official previously told AL-Monitor the targets included suspected ISIS locations. Earlier reports detailed F-16 jets taking off from Jordan alongside F-15s, A-10s, AH-64E Apaches, and HIMARS systems, per U.S. officials cited by CBS News and Al-Monitor. The Syrian Democratic Forces expressed appreciation for the precise strikes on ISIS hideouts, according to an SDF statement on X. The operation follows the deaths of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, both Iowa National Guard soldiers, and interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat in the Palmyra attack, with a U.S. servicemember inscribing the names of Torres Tovar and Howard on a munition used in the strikes, as shown in imagery from Sentinel on X.
