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.
Vazdušna operacija izvedena je kao direktan odgovor na napad PKK ranije u toku dana u Hakariju, u blizini iračke granice, kada su poginuli jedanaest vojnika i jedan seoski čuvar, a više osoba je ranjeno.