Zračne operacije provedene su u direktnoj reakciji na napad PKK u Hakkariju, u blizini iračke granice, ranije u toku dana, u kom su poginuli 11 vojnika i jedan pripadnik seoske straže, a nekoliko ih je ranjeno.
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.