 | Over the last six months, the United States has launched hundreds of airstrikes — some in Somalia, some in Yemen, and some in Iran. | Those military interventions reflect a strategy under President Donald Trump that one expert described as "bomb first and ask questions later". | What has been the civilian toll of that bombing campaign? | This week, Al Jazeera's Americas team takes you inside a new report about US airstrikes. Read on for more highlights. | | | | |
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| | Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, the US has carried out 529 military airstrikes. That's nearly the same number as former President Biden conducted during his entire four-year term. Experts say that increase signals a startling trend. |
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"The most extreme tool at his disposal — targeted airstrikes — is being used not as a last resort but as the first move." | | | | | | |
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| | Israel's military campaign in Gaza has led to a crisis of mass starvation. How will the US, Israel's biggest ally, respond? Medical professionals, activists and politicians gathered on Capitol Hill to denounce the US's continued support for Israel and call for a policy shift. |
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"I am calling on Trump to make a break with this policy that started under Joe Biden, this disastrous policy of unconditional military support for Israel." | | | | | | |
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| | On July 11, a 20-year-old US citizen named Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death near his family's home in the occupied West Bank. Now, family members are fighting for accountability as they grieve and remember Musallet as a young man full of ambition and hope. |
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I see it on the news all the time with other people in the West Bank. I see it in Gaza – the indiscriminate killing of anybody in their way." | | | | | | |
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| | Since taking office for a second term, US President Donald Trump has pushed for more mining and fewer regulations. Those efforts have met with mixed reactions in Wyoming's mining community. Will greater business come at the expense of miners' health? |
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"If you build a coal-fired power plant, you want that thing to be able to run for the next 50 years." | | | | | | |
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| | Wildfires have already claimed 31 lives in California this year — and the state is only now entering its peak fire season. But new hurdles have emerged under US President Donald Trump, including uncertainty over emergency relief. What are experts predicting for the fire season? |
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"We've seen some factors that point to what could be a fairly severe fire season as we enter the drier months." | | | | | | |
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| | The beating death of Sayfollah Musallet, a US citizen, in the West Bank has prompted questions about how the administration of President Donald Trump may respond — if at all. Will Trump press Israel, a longtime US ally, for accountability in the killing? |
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"Will he uphold his 'America First' promise when it's a Palestinian American whose life was taken?" | | | | | | |
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| | US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Brazil after its Supreme Court began hearing a criminal case against a former far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro. But Trump's threat of tariffs may backfire and push Brazil into the arms of the US's economic rival, China. |
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"The reality is that, today, the relation between Brazil and China is much more positive and promising than the one with the United States." | | |
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