Operation Sindoor: Loud sounds of missile fire, damaged buildings after India's counter-terrorism response | Watch

Operation Sindoor: India, in the wee hours of May 7, launched a major counter-terrorism operation, codenamed Operation Sindoor, in response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that claimed 26 lives. The scale and intensity of the retaliation were evident in visuals released by official sources.

Indian armed forces carried out the operation early Wednesday under the supervision of PM Modi, in which nine terror targets located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were struck. Worried Pakistanis can be seen scrambling to the targeted site on Wednesday morning. Below are visuals of the building located in Muridke that was damaged by India's missile strikes.

India's counter-response comes after Pakistan consistently violated the ceasefire agreement with unprovoked firing at several points along the 740-km LOC despite strict warnings. Even after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan again violated the Ceasefire Agreement by firing artillery in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhimber Gali today. This comes hours after India carried out precision strikes at terrorist camps located in Pakistan.

The Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG PI) in a post on X stated, "Pakistan again violates the Ceasefire Agreement by firing artillery in Bhimber Gali in the Poonch-Rajouri area. The Indian Army is responding appropriately in a calibrated manner.

The Defence Ministry issued an official statement after ‘Operation Sindoor’, which asserted that India's actions have been “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.” No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.

"No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in the selection of targets and method of execution,” the statement dated May 7 added. The motive of this operation was primarily to target the headquarters of the top leadership of Pakistan-based terrorist organisations. It is alleged that terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let), Jaish-e-Mohammed (Jem), and Hizbul Mujahideen, among others, sponsor and support terrorist activities in India.