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,

India on Thursday said its precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir were a "controlled, precise, measured and non-escalatory" response to what it called Pakistan’s “original escalation” in the form of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.