Gerîla TV published footage from an action in which six soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Çukurca district of Hakkari on July 20.

The footage shows guerrillas hitting a military point where seven soldiers are stationed on the Alişer Hill.

In a statement detailing the action, the Press Office of People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said that the action was carried out by KBDH units in the scope of the ‘Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign’ and in response to the Turkish occupation operation ongoing in Heftanin region of Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).

Six soldiers were killed and one other wounded as a result of the action, the statement said.