Al-Majalah camp attack | |
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Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen | |
Type | Airstrike |
Location | 13°58′19″N 46°27′43″E / 13.972°N 46.462°E |
Target | AQAP (U.S. claim) |
Date | 17 December 2009 |
Executed by | ![]() |
Casualties | 55 (including 14 women and 21 children) killed |
The al-Majalah camp attack also referred to as the al-Majalah massacre[1] occurred on December 17, 2009 when the United States military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles from a ship off the Yemeni coast on a Bedouin camp in the southern village of Al-Maʽjalah in Yemen, killing 14 alleged Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and 41 civilians,[2][3][4][5][6] including 14 women and 23 children.