confirmation that the drone strike did, in fact, kill jihadi john but a senior u.s. defense official tells fox news right now they re 99% sure they got him. the pentagon released a statement saying in part u.s. forces conducted an airstrike in raqqa, syria, on november 12th, 2016, targeting jihadi john. we are assessing the results of tonight s operation and we will provide additional information as and where appropriate. the senior u.s. defense official tells fox news that the drone had been tracking mohamma mohammad eawazi when he was meeting with other people. when he came out of a meeting and a positive i.d. occurred, that s when the strikes commenced. the british national became the face of the islamic state last year when the terrorist group released propaganda videos ofbeg american journalist steve and james foley, abdul rahmani as