India strikes

Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack Indian armed forces on early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied Kashmir including the JaisheMohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and LashkareTaibarsquos base in MuridkeThe military strikes were conducted under Operation Sindoor two weeks after the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians More than 70 terrorists were killed and over 60 wounded in the strikes sources said Out of the nine targets chosen by India four were in Pakistan and the remaining five were in PakistanoccupiedKashmirldquoThe Indian armed forces launched lsquoOperation Sindoorrsquo hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoKrdquo the defence ministry said in a statement The strikes were carried out at 144 am The Indian statement said ldquoNo Pakistani military facilities have been targeted India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of executionrdquoIt said the actions by the Indian armed forces have been ldquofocused measured and nonescalatory in naturerdquo and that no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted Sources added that the strikes on all nine targets were successful and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring Operation Sindoor closelyJeM LeT Hizbul headquarters hitTerror headquarters of banned JaisheMohammed LashkareTaiba and Hizbul Mujahideen were targeted under lsquoOperation Sindoorrsquo with IAF hitting nine hideouts located in Pakistan and PoK officials said here on Wednesday Among the targets hit in a precise operation were Markaz Subhan Allah at Bahawalpur Sarjal at Tehra Kalan Markaz Abbas in Kotli and Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad all of the banned JaisheMohammed terror groupMarkaz Taiba at Murdike Markaz Ahle Hadith at Barnala and Shwawai Nalla camp at Muzaffarabad all of banned LeT and Makaz Raheel Shahid in Kotli and Mehmoona Joya in Sialkot camps and training centres of banned Hizbul Mujahideen were targeted An important target was the JeMrsquos communication network concealed in a primary health centre in Tehra Kalan village in Sarjal which was a longstanding concern for security agenciesJeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar acknowledged on Wednesday that 10 members of his family and four close associates were killed in Indiarsquos missile attack on the outfitrsquos headquarters in Bahawalpur The sources said that besides logistics the Pakistani army and ISI used the services of Special Services Group SSG to facilitate the training of terrorists in these campsAct of war says PakPakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the Indian missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir and Punjab province as an ldquoact of warrdquo and said his country has every right to give a ldquobefitting replyrdquo ldquoPakistan has every right to give a befitting reply to this act of war imposed by India and a strong response is indeed being givenrdquo Sharif said He said his armed forces ldquoknow very well how to deal with the enemyrdquoArmy spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry in a media interaction said at least 26 people were killed and 46 injured in the missile strikes on cities in Punjab and PoK Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar termed the Indian strikes as a ldquoflagrant violationrdquo of Pakistanrsquos sovereignty the UN Charter amp international law12 killed in Pak shelling along LoCAt least 12 people including four children were killed and 57 others injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling on forward villages along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday The worsthit in the Pakistani shelling was Poonch district which accounted for all the civilian deaths the officials said adding 42 people were also injured and the condition of some of them was stated to be serious The shelling was reported from all along the LoC in PoonchPahalgam victimsrsquo kin hail armed forcesRajesh NarwalLt Vinay Narwalrsquos fatherTerror attack victim Lt Vinay Narwalrsquos father Rajesh Narwal hailed Indiarsquos response and said the Modi government has sent a strong message and now the perpetrators of the attack ldquowill think 100 timesrdquo before repeating such attacks in the futureSyed haider shahSyed Adil Hussain Shahrsquos fatherSyed Haider Shah father of Syed Adil Hussain Shah the ponywalla who sacrificed his life while protecting the tourists said that the military strikes have avenged his sonrsquos killing Shahrsquos family expressed gratitude to PM Modi and the armed forcesChannaveerappaBharath Bhushanrsquos fatherTerror attack victim Bharath Bhushanrsquos father Channaveerappa welcomed the strikes saying the government has done a good job He also extended familyrsquos full supportArathyN Ramachandranrsquos daughterArathy daughter of N Ramachandran who was gunned down by terrorist welcomed ldquoOperation Sindoorrdquo and expressed hope that it would bring some relief to the familiesAshanya DwivediShubham Dwivedirsquos wifeTerror attack victim Shubham Dwivedirsquos wife Ashanya thanked the armed forces for taking ldquorevengerdquo She said that the strikes will keep the terrorists away from carrying out such attacks on innocents in the futureGujarat familyA woman from Gujaratrsquos Bhavnagar who lost her husband and son hailed the armed forces and urged to continue action against Pakistan till it is wiped out Another woman from Surat whose husband was killed expressed happiness over the actionGuha and Adhikari familyKin of Samir Guha and Bitan Adhikary The families of Samir Guha and Bitan Adhikary two West Bengal residents who were killed in the recent terror attack on tourists in Kashmirrsquos Pahalgam expressed satisfaction calling it a ldquostep towards justicerdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday 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