The Burma Army continues to bomb and shell villages in northern Karen State, killing a doctor, medics, a four-year-old and 72-year-old villager, as well as destroying a medical clinic, homes, a school, livestock, and a vehicle. Rangers have continued to distribute food and provide medical treatment to IDPs. 

In Nyung Pin Thar Village, Ta Pin Township, Taw Oo District, the Burma Army dropped two bombs from gyrocopters onto a medical clinic on Dec. 3, killing a doctor and two medics and injuring six other medics and patients as well as destroying one car. The Burma Army also shelled the village, killing one, injuring two, and destroying a house.

In Lin Bin Village, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwe Htoo District, the Burma Army dropped a 500-pound bomb and launched four mortar rounds, killing two villagers and destroying a house on Dec. 10. In a separate shelling attack, the Burma Army also injured a 68-year-old man in Htaw Lu Koh Village, Hsaw Hti Township. In Ler Doh and Mone townships, Kler Lwe Htoo District, Rangers distributed food and provided medical care to 239 IDPs taking shelter in Ywa Tha Ya Village on Dec. 9 -11.

In Ma Mu Village, Butho Township, Mu Traw District, the Burma Army dropped two 500-pound bombs on Dec. 12, killing a 5-year-old child and wounding 12 villagers ages 4 to 72 years old. The bombing also destroyed 12 houses and a school. Separate Burma military bombings on Dec. 16 in Hpapu Village killed two cows and injured four more. 

The Burma Army carried out sustained attacks, including artillery shelling and approximately 120 drone strikes, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. Resistance forces successfully repelled Burma Army attacks at Min Let Pan and Rangers assisted with medical evacuations.

In Dooplaya District, the Burma Army launched approximately 30 suicide and First Person View (FPV) drones on Dec. 9, targeting Min Let Pan, Pha Lu Gyi, and Pha Lu Lay villages in Kaw T’ree Township. Three resistance soldiers were injured by shrapnel wounds to the chin, arm, and chest, and one civilian sustained a shrapnel wound to the stomach. Later that day, in Min Let Pan, continued drone attacks resulted in one resistance soldier sustaining a penetrating shrapnel wound to the chest. Min Let Pan Village is the location of a scam center that the KNLA shut down. The Burma Army is trying to seize the center back to resume scam operations.

On Dec. 11, the Burma Army intensified operations in the areas of Min Let Pan, Pha Lu Gyi, and Pah Lu Lay, conducting approximately 30 drone attacks between 0600 and 1800 hours. During the same period, Burma Army battalions under Light Infantry Division (LID) 22 attempted to seize positions nears Min Let Pan using ground attacks and artillery. The KNLA and allied forces launched counter-attacks, successfully forcing the Burma Army troops to pull back.

Drone attacks resumed on Dec. 13 in Pha Lu Gyi, where approximately 25 military FPV and suicide drones struck the area between 0600 and 1610 hours. During the assaults, one resistance soldier sustained a penetrating shrapnel wound to the thigh with major vessel injury and was evacuated for further treatment. 

On Dec. 15, around 30 additional Burma Army drone attacks hit Pha Lu Gyi and surrounding areas. A 19-year-old resistance soldier was killed by shrapnel wounds to the head and legs and another resistance soldier was wounded in the forearm.

In Hpa-an District, in the early hours of Dec. 10, five military suicide drones attacked a KNU/KNLA base between 0240 and 0505 hours in Hpa-An District, causing one injury. 

In Thaton District, Kyaikto Township, the Burma Army fired mortars into in Phoe Wa Thein Village on Dec. 12, killing two civilians — 54-year-old Ko Maung Lone and 59-year-old U Kyi Lwin. Three villagers were arrested by the Burma military and other villagers fled to nearby villages from fear of attacks. Rangers and township officials assisted displaced villagers.