The Press Centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) issued a statement on the attack by a KDP unit on a guerrilla group in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. According to the statement, a guerrilla group was travelling in two cars towards Girê Amêdiyê at around eleven o'clock on 24 January when they were ambushed and attacked by KDP forces in the district of Sergelê. The attackers had been waiting for the guerrilla group in a vehicle with a heavy machine gun. The guerrillas then left their cars and shot back. A battle broke out, after which Turkish surveillance drones showed up.

"Two of our friends were injured by shots fired by the KDP. Our cars became unusable due to the shelling and had to be left behind. They were later bombed by Turkish warplanes," said the HPG, denying the Turkish Ministry of Interior's account of the incident: "The Ministry of Interior's statement on the issue is a complete distortion of the facts. The battle broke out due to the ambush laid against our forces. It is a disgrace that a Kurdish force put itself at the service of the Turkish state and attacked the guerrillas while they were resisting the occupation of Kurdistan. We hope that this situation will not be repeated, and we will continue to behave responsibly despite everything," emphasised the HPG.

HPG also provided information about the ongoing guerrilla resistance against the Turkish occupation forces in the Medya Defence Zones and the attacks of the Turkish army. According to the statement, guerrillas intervened with heavy weapons against the establishment of a Turkish military position in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area in the western Zap region on 23 January and stopped the soldiers' movements. On 24 January, an enemy position at Girê Amêdiyê was damaged by shelling with semi-automatic weapons. In the Xakurke region, YJA Star guerrillas fired at the occupation forces at Girê Şehîd Kamuran with heavy weapons on 24 January. On the same day, the occupying forces at Girê Şehîd Heqî were struck with heavy weapons.

On the other hand, a guerrilla position at Girê Cûdî was attacked by a drone loaded with explosives on 23 January.

Turkish fighter jets have bombed guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan 26 times since 21 January. The airstrikes targeted the areas of Deşta Kafya in Gare, Dergelê, Serê Metîna and Beşîlî in Metîna, the areas of Geliyê Lolanê and Sinînê in Xakurke and Girê Bahar in the western Zap region. Xakurke was also bombarded by combat helicopters on 24 January, while the regions of Zap, Şehîd Delîl Western Zap, Metîna and Xakurkê were shelled by artillery.