The air operations were carried out in direct response to a PKK attack in Hakkari, near the Iraq border, earlier in the day that left 11 soldiers and one village guard dead, and several wounded.
Zračne operacije su provedene kao izravan odgovor na napad PKK ranije istog dana u Hakkariju, nedaleko od iračke granice, pri čemu je poginulo 11 vojnika i jedan seoski stražar, a više je osoba ozlijeđeno.