The Indian Ministry of Defence stated that the strikes were focused on dismantling terrorist infrastructure, avoiding Pakistani military installations.

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General responded to India’s strike, ‘Operation Sindoor’ and firstly called India’s response to Pahalgam terrorist attack as “temporary pleasure”while further adding that this “will be replaced by enduring grief.”

The operation targeted nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), in response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack that resulted in the deaths of 26 civilians.