India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani ‘terror camps’ in Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region.

The long-simmering conflict between the neighboring nuclear powers intensified dramatically overnight.

Fighter jets roared through the skies over the Himalayan territory early Wednesday and the sounds of explosions could be heard near the so-called Line of Control.

‘A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed’, the Indian government said in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Indian army added that no Pakistani military facilities had been targeted, noting that India had ‘demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution’.

In an X overnight, the Indian army wrote that ‘Justice is Served’ and ‘Jai Hind!!’, which translates to ‘victory to India’.

Seven people have died, including at least two children, a spokesperson for the Pakistani military told BBC.
In the hours that followed, the Indian army said that Pakistan had ‘fired artillery’ across the dividing lines in Kashmir in retaliation, accusing it of violating a 2020 ceasefire agreement.