[2] The fighting broke just as the normalization annex of the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement was signed between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Col. Dickson Hermoso, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, claimed that the offensive was not related to the signing of the annex of the peace treaty and said that the government has been collaborating with the MILF to launch an offensive against the BIFF even before the signing of the annex.

[4] Philippine military launched an artillery attack on BIFF targets with 105-mm howitzers.

BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama said that they captured and torched an armored personnel carrier (APC).

[7] There is no official confirmation that Ameril Umbra Kato, leader of the BIFF was killed or captured during the military operation.

[7] 9,465 families or 35,334 people were displaced due to the clashes, with most of them coming from Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Rajah Buayan, Datu Piang in Maguindanao and Pikit in North Cotabato.

The Philippine government condemned the reported use of child soldiers by the BIFF as a violation of human rights.