The Press Centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) reported three members of the Turkish occupation forces were killed and one other injured in a guerrilla action in the Metina region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

According to the HPG, the guerrilla action with heavy weapons was directed against a Turkish military position on Girê Koordine. HPG dedicated the action to the prison resistance of 14 July 1982, when the "first spark of resistance" of the PKK was ignited in the prison of Amed (tr. Diyarbakir) as a storm of repression and persecution blew through Turkey after the military coup in 1980, when the whole country was turned into one torture chamber.

HPG also provided details of a guerrilla sabotage action in the province of Van in Northern Kurdistan, which took place on 12 June during a Turkish military operation. The action, which was carried out in the outskirts of Gundê Kaşinê in the district of Çaldıran, was directed against an Amarok armoured vehicle. Two soldiers were killed and another injured.

The statement also gave further details of the war in the Medya Defence Zones. According to the HPG, Turkish occupation forces attacked the Girê FM resistance area, located on the western front of the Zap, three times on July 10 evening with unconventional bombs. In Metîna, the Girê Hekarî massif was bombed seven times by attack helicopters.

HPG recorded two airstrikes by the Turkish army in Gare yesterday. The first attack took place at 10.20 a.m. and hit an area in Girê Zengil village. Ten minutes later, a fighter jet targeted an area between the villages of Gundê Şêx and Gundê Çemrobotkî. According to the HPG statement, the bombing caused a wildfire that has not yet been extinguished.

Yesterday, the Turkish army launched 75 attacks with howitzers, tanks and heavy weapons against Sîda, Girê Bahar, Girê Cûdî and Girê Amêdî in the west of the Zap. In addition, in various areas of the region, including the FM massif, occupation forces attempted to demolish the tunnels and defensive positions of the guerrillas with construction machinery.