Guerrillas hit the Turkish army in Gever: 12 soldiers killed
4 positions of the Turkish army were destroyed and 12 soldiers were killed in Gever, Hakkari.
4 positions of the Turkish army were destroyed and 12 soldiers were killed in Gever, Hakkari.
HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas continue hitting and inflicting blows on the Turkish invasion army in Kurdistan territory.
HPG Press Office released a statement detailing the most recent actions carried out by guerrillas against Turkish military forces and continued attacks by the Turkish army in Kurdistan.
The statement said the following;
Within the scope of Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign, our forces organized effective actions against the occupying Turkish army. The details of the actions are as follows:
In the Kaportê village of Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari, Haşim Hasın and Cebeli Bali have been repeatedly warned by our guerrillas not to collaborate and work with the invading Turkish army. On July 23, at 22.00, our forces destroyed 3 trucks, 2 scoops and a large number of construction materials on a construction site that belonged to those people who had ignored the warnings.
On July 24, at 08.00, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Martyr Afat hill in Gever district. In the action, enemy positions and shelters were put under intense fire at close range, 4 enemy positions were completely destroyed and 12 enemy soldiers were killed. Following the action, the invading Turkish army, with the support of numerous helicopters, removed the dead and wounded soldiers from the area by Sikorsky helicopters.
On the same day, at 12.20, our YJA Star guerrillas carried out a targeted action against the Turkish soldiers trying to cut down the trees in the forest area around Martyr Sarya hill for the ongoing occupation operation in the Xakurkê region in the Media Defense Zones. 1 enemy soldier was killed in the action.
Following the action against the soldiers on the Martyr Sarya Hill, our forces targeted a scoop vehicle belonging to the invading Turkish army working on the Martyr Derweş hill in Xakurkê region at 19.30. The number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified in the action.
On 12 July, at 12.30, warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the area between the villages of Kortê and Horsel in the Lice district of Amed. Following the attack of warplanes, the attack helicopters bombed the area at 13.30. In these bombardments, our comrades Agit (Celal Gök) and Yılmaz (Cihan Koyuncu) were martyred.
On July 24, between 16.00 and 17.30, Turkish warplanes bombed surroundings of the Bêpalan village of Kandil and the Kurojahro area of Zap at 20.15 in the Medya Defense Zones.”