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Field FootageLake Chad region, north-east Nigeria

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Nigerian Air Force video of Oct. 19 strike on ISWAP hideout in Lake Chad region

Text poster only. The source video opens on a title card reading 'Air strike on a terrorist hideout in the Lake Chad region on 19 October 2026', then shows grey overhead thermal footage with a crosshair over small structures, trees and open ground, followed by clouds of smoke and dust, and ends on the air force's information logo.

Sensitive content: may show injury or death

Strike

Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce; DOPRI TV), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Video released Oct. 19, 2026 by the Nigerian Air Force with a press release from its spokesman, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame. The air force says a precision strike under Operation Hadin Kai hit an identified ISWAP hideout in the Lake Chad region that day, and that preliminary post-strike assessments indicate several fighters were killed, including two it describes as a chief security guard to an ISWAP leader and a member of the group's Shura Council, and that boat engines and motorcycles were destroyed. The 31-second overhead thermal video shows crosshairs over structures and vegetation followed by strike plumes. The results are the air force's claim and have not been independently verified.

What
Nigerian Air Force video of Oct. 19 strike on ISWAP hideout in Lake Chad region
Where
Lake Chad region, north-east Nigeria
When
Oct 19, 2026
Who
Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce), Directorate of Public Relations and Information
Status
Claim unverified
Warning
Content warning: Mild. Overhead thermal targeting video of an air strike the Nigerian Air Force says killed ISWAP fighters. No people, bodies or injuries are clearly visible. Not rehosted. Graphic level: mild.

Sources

  1. Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce), Directorate of Public Relations and Information · Nigerian Air Force on X (Oct. 19, 2026)
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Record details

Captured 19 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce), Directorate of Public Relations and Information. Location: Lake Chad region, north-east Nigeria.

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Credit: Nigerian Air Force (@NigAirForce; DOPRI TV), watch at source. License: Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted).

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