In a press conference by MEA, Foreign Secy Vikram Misri said that India only retaliated to the original escalation by terrorists on the attack in Pahalgam. Pakistan government has announced that they have increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control after they claimed India has neutralised the Air Defense radars and system in Lahore.

The Pahalgam attack on April 22 led to the deaths of 26 civilians, igniting diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan. India responded with strict measures and launched Operation Sindoor on May 7,

India launched Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, striking deep into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and targeting multiple terror camps of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Satellite images revealed the destruction of key headquarters and training camps,