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.

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Al-Majalah camp attack
Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Type	Airstrike
Location	Al-Maʽjalah, Abyan Governorate, Yemen 13.972°N 46.462°E / 13.972; 46.462
Target	AQAP (U.S. claim)
Date	17 December 2009 (2009-12-17)
Executed by	Joint Special Operations Command
Casualties	55 (including 14 women and 21 children) killed
al-Majalah Location of al-Majalah within Yemen

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The al-Majalah camp attack took place on December 17, 2009, when the United States launched cruise missiles at the site.^[7][8] Initially, both the U.S. and Yemeni governments denied U.S. involvement in the strikes, despite accusations from Amnesty International.^[9][10] Several months after the attack in Al Majalah, Amnesty International released photos showing an American cluster bomb and a propulsion unit from a Tomahawk cruise missile. A subsequent inquiry by the Yemeni parliament found that 14 Al Qaeda fighters had been killed, along with 41 civilians, including 23 children.^[2]

A primary target in the attacks was Qasim al-Raymi, an al-Qaeda leader who is suspected of, or has taken credit for, several attacks that killed many civilians and has threatened more attacks on the United States. Al-Raymi was believed to be behind the 2007 Marib suicide car bombing, which killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis. However, al-Raymi survived the attack.^[11]

• Dirty Wars, a 2013 American documentary directed by Richard Rowley, and written by Jeremy Scahill and David Riker.

• Abdulelah Haider Shaye, a prominent Yemeni journalist who was jailed after reporting on US involvement in the attack.