India's Operation Sindoor delivered a powerful retaliatory response on May 7 to Pakistan's terrorist attack in the Pahalgam region. The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 26 civilians and triggered heightened tensions along the border.
The Army launched long-range aerial strikes using loitering munitions and kamikaze drones. It also deployed advanced extended-range artillery shells to precisely target specific locations. As per official sources, around 100 terrorists were killed during Operation Sindoor.
"Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution. These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered," the government release read.
Here are the details of 5 key terrorists killed on May 7:
1) Mudassar Khadian Khas: Affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. His funeral prayer was held in a government school, led by Hafiz Abdul Rauf of JuD (a designated global terrorist). A serving Lt. General of the Pak Army and the IG of Punjab Police attended the prayer ceremony.
2) Hafiz Muhammed Jameel: Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He is the eldest brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar.
3) Mohammad Yusuf Azhar: Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He is brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar. He was wanted in the IC-814 hijacking case.
4) Khalid: Affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. He was involved in multiple terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir and was engaged in weapons smuggling from Afghanistan. His funeral was held in Faisalabad and attended by senior Pakistani Army officials and the Deputy Commissioner of Faisalabad.
5) Mohammad Hassan Khan: Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He was the son of Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri, the operational commander of JeM in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He played a key role in coordinating terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir.
(With inputs from agencies)
