The Burma military invaded Hsaw Htee Township with 300 troops, displacing over 1000 people. Mortar, air, and drone strikes across northern Karen State killed three villagers and wounded two others. 

Between Sep. 27 and Oct. 8, approximately 300 Burma Army troops advanced into Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwe Htoo District, displacing over 1000 people from nine villages, including Kwe Da La Gyi, Kee Da La Lay, Inn Wei, Maung Pya, Taw Laung, Ka Yu Sol, Mee Law Gon, Nyaung Bin Gyi, and Pyin Yin Gyi. On Oct. 2, the Burma military attacked Pyi Yin Gyi Village with a jet fighter and suicide drone, killing an 18-year-old girl and wounding two 36-year-old women. The Burma Army troops killed a 56-year-old woman in Kwe Da La Gyi Village and then, a week later, burned the village and set up a temporary camp there. 

In neighboring Mu Traw District, the Burma Army used a jet and mortars to attack Po Ma Hen Village, Dwe Loh Township, on Oct. 9, killing a 32-year-old village man and leaving his wife and three children widowed and orphaned.  On Oct. 11 in Pay Kay Village, Lu Thaw Township, a Burma military jet fighter conducted three airstrikes, dropping two 250-pound bombs and firing machine guns each time. The jet damaged the Day Bu Noh High School, another civilian structure, and a generator.

Dooplaya and Thaton districts faced intensified attacks by the Burma Army, including airstrikes on civilian areas, repeated invasion attempts around Lay Kay Kaw, and heavy shelling along the frontlines. With escalating conflict and civilian loss, Rangers provided emergency relief, medical evacuation, and care for wounded soldiers and displaced villagers. 

On Oct. 9, despite no fighting in the area, the Burma Army dropped two 500-pound bombs on Kabaw U Plaw Village in Bilin Township, killing five civilians – including five children – and injuring 10 others. Seven homes were destroyed in the blast, and Rangers helped to evacuate and treat survivors. That same day in Waw Lay Village, a 120-mm shell fired from an artillery hill base injured five members of the resistance.

Between Oct. 10 and 11, four additional soldiers were injured in separate incidents by shrapnel and landmines, including one who was blinded in both eyes. On Oct. 12, resistance forces successfully repelled an attempted invasion by Burma Army Divisions 22 and 55 near Lay Kay Kaw and Kyauk Gu mountains. Rangers and Team Ronin conducted emergency evacuations and medical treatment for the wounded, transferring them for further care. The following day, ten suicide drones struck the Lay Kay Kaw area throughout the day as Divisions 22 and 55 renewed their assault but were again pushed back with heavy casualties. Additional bomb and shrapnel attacks that day left three soldiers severely wounded, including one requiring an above-elbow amputation.

Over the course of the week, Rangers in Dooplaya District responded to both civilian and military casualties under constant threat. Their efforts included evacuating the wounded, delivering life-saving treatment, and continuing medical care for IDPs and frontline troops. The escalating pattern of air and drone attacks—combined with intensified ground offensives—underscored the ongoing threat to both combatants and civilians in Dooplaya and Thaton districts. Even amid destruction and loss, the Rangers’ continued presence and coordinated medical response remain a critical line of relief and hope for those caught in the conflict.

Rangers supplied six tarpaulins to two schools, supported an IDP camp with health services and 500,000 kyats and donated 3 million kyats for hospital reconstruction.

On Sep. 29, in Loikaw District, Rangers provided two tarpaulins intended for use in the construction of a water storage tank at the school in Kam Lat IDP camp in Loi Nan Pha Township. There are 220 IDPs in that IDP camp. Rangers delivered four tarpaulins on Oct. 1 to Lo Bar Khot Village, Demosso Township, as the school requested water storage tanks for toilet use. The school serves primary to high school levels, with 457 students and 35 teachers. On Oct. 3, Rangers conducted the GLC program in Nae Ye Ku IDP camp with songs, skits, and games, treated 150 patients for skin infections, flu, and high blood pressure, and supported the school with 500,000 kyats. The camp accommodates 609 IDPs. The camp school serves 282 students and has 21 teachers. On Oct. 7, Rangers donated 3 million kyats to a hospital in Hoya Township to support the reconstruction of the hospital roof in a safer location.