The Indian Armed Forces carried out precision strikes early Wednesday under ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting nine terrorist camps located deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The pre-dawn action was confirmed by a Ministry of Defence press release issued at 1:44 AM on May 7.The strikes were in retaliation to the Pahalgam terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives, including 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. Indian authorities described the response as “focused, measured and non-escalatory,” emphasising that no Pakistani military installations were targeted.