India strikes nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistan says it downed five Indian planes
Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan,
Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, May 7, 2025.
(photo credit: Mohsin Raza/Reuters)
The Indian army said that it did not target Pakistani military facilities in the attack.
India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.
India launched “Operation Sindoor,” striking nine sites in Pakistan as well as Jammu and Kashmir, which they claimed were “terrorist infrastructure,” and some of them linked to an attack by Islamist terrorists on Hindu tourists that killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir last month.
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Islamabad said six Pakistani locations were targeted, and that none of them were terrorist camps. At least 26 civilians were killed and 46 injured, a Pakistan military spokesperson said.
Indian channel News 18 reported that 12 terrorists were killed and 55 people were injured as a result of the strikes.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly postponed a trip to Croatia, the Netherlands, and Norway after the strike took place, sources told Reuters.
