New Delhi:
India attacked 9 terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) early on Wednesday following a lethal assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam final month. No less than eight individuals have been killed within the missile assault, in keeping with Pakistan, which mentioned it had begun retaliating in a significant escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals. The Indian military additionally mentioned that three civilians had been killed in a single day by artillery fired by Pakistan’s military alongside the Line of Management border.

Defence Ministry, in a press release, mentioned its “precision” strikes on “terrorist camps” have been following up on its “dedication that these accountable for this assault might be held accountable.”

United States: Reacting to the rising India-Pakistan tensions, US President Donald Trump known as it a disgrace and hoped that it might finish “in a short time.”

“It is a disgrace, we simply heard about it,” Trump advised reporters on the White Home. “I assume individuals knew one thing was going to occur primarily based on a bit little bit of the previous. They have been preventing for a very long time.”

The US president added: “I simply hope it ends in a short time.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned on X he was “monitoring the state of affairs between India and Pakistan carefully” whereas including that Washington will proceed to interact the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours in the direction of a “peaceable decision.”

The Indian Embassy in Washington mentioned Indian Nationwide Safety Adviser Ajit Doval spoke with Rubio and briefed him about India’s navy actions.

China: China has expressed concern over Indian strikes on Pakistan, urging either side to indicate restraint in response to a significant escalation between its nuclear-armed neighbours.

“We name on each India and Pakistan to prioritise peace and stability, stay calm and restrained and keep away from taking actions that additional complicate the state of affairs,” a spokesperson for Beijing’s international ministry mentioned.

Israel: Israel has backed ‘India’s proper to self-defence’ after missile strikes on Pakistan. Taking to X, Reuven Azar, Israeli Ambassador to India, sid Israel “helps India’s proper for self-defence”, including that “Terrorists ought to know there is no place to cover from their heinous crimes in opposition to the harmless”.

United Nations: United Nations Secretary-Basic António Guterres was very involved about Indian navy operations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, his spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday whereas calling for max navy restraint from India and Pakistan.

“The Secretary-Basic may be very involved in regards to the Indian navy operations throughout the Line of Management and the worldwide border. He calls for max navy restraint from each international locations,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“The world can not afford a navy confrontation between India and Pakistan.”

UAE: The United Arab Emirates, in the meantime, requested India and Pakistan “to train restraint, de-escalate tensions, and keep away from additional escalation that might threaten regional and worldwide peace,” in keeping with a press release from UAE Deputy Prime Minister of International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

“His Highness reaffirmed that diplomacy and dialogue stay the best technique of peacefully resolving crises, and reaching the shared aspirations of countries for peace, stability, and prosperity,” the assertion learn.

Indian Strike On Pakistan

Indian forces focused the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba teams within the missile assaults in opposition to terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir within the early hours of Wednesday, officers mentioned.

Among the many 9 websites focused are the JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur and the LeT’s in Muridke, each in Pakistan Punjab, they mentioned.

A Pakistani armed forces spokesperson confirmed tothe  BBC in an interview that the IAF had focused Bahawalpur and Muridke.

India has categorically acknowledged that its actions have been centered, measured and non-escalatory in nature and that no Pakistani navy amenities have been focused. India’s motion comes two weeks after the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault wherein 26 individuals have been killed.