While India Slept: Operation Sindoor Strikes Pakistan’s Terror Camps

May 07, 2025 Komal Das

India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, in response to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people

[{"selector":"#anim-0e70a498-f2cb-4de4-a3aa-fd1eae887845 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-19aedf6b-ec91-4303-96c2-a9f8affe9a35","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6d8dfe02-d0da-4418-b62a-c13a32b9b5e7","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

The Indian Army posted “Justice is served. Jai Hind!” at midnight, signaling the operation, which the government later confirmed as precise and non-escalatory

[{"selector":"#anim-b90b5a61-8f18-4264-bdfe-dc4cad1fe3e8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f7ec66e9-4444-418a-a39b-46fbbac18f14","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e6a408c1-1e2b-468b-a3aa-9e81a8d91dfa","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Targets included Bahawalpur (JeM), Muridke (LeT), Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and Sialkot, striking Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen camps

[{"selector":"#anim-0775f81c-736a-426e-9463-b4cc613dbbf7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-17.006493312688427%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7e9d56fa-3e07-4869-b953-7bb12ee17c52","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d3f91f9b-274a-42c0-8515-19c524f1f98a","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Rafale jets armed with SCALP cruise missiles and HAMMER bombs conducted deep strikes, supervised overnight by Prime Minister Modi

[{"selector":"#anim-0db0ef64-c465-48d1-8a06-0c84f65e6888 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(21.250829219947732%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3f468fde-4e15-4002-9c27-bc949b7bb331","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c3220c7e-7b99-41ff-8a0f-25b17bf74805","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Rafale jets armed with SCALP cruise missiles and HAMMER bombs conducted deep strikes, supervised overnight by Prime Minister Modi

[{"selector":"#anim-ef9ff8d2-f9fd-4535-873a-a2c06cf27979 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(5.238359140685912%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4ff4bbe6-e9db-4d33-9e50-86611de06143","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-027ff7a4-82e5-4b11-873c-82eded87746b","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Pakistan retaliated with artillery fire along the LoC, killing three Indian civilians. Pakistan claimed eight deaths on its side and called the strikes an "act of war"

[{"selector":"#anim-31bd4493-9fff-48bc-a94a-96e082622318 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-984c5986-b5de-4a18-aa56-170a43804f6b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1d14f35-f235-42a0-bdfb-038ab946d902","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Flight operations were suspended in Srinagar, Jammu, and Amritsar, while schools and colleges in Kashmir closed as tensions rose

[{"selector":"#anim-b12b1392-9a7a-4b42-9d34-4fed3f12c37a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-726c12ff-94ae-4067-8185-e990bac16982","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e3004d53-447b-4e53-9040-451cd5a1d9a4","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

India briefed global powers, gaining support from Israel and cautious responses from others. The US called the escalation a “shame”

[{"selector":"#anim-da6cd34c-5b8e-4ad9-8219-8eb0d089aa78 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7e988dd6-22d1-4b20-9f4d-ebcaaf27a390","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3a883d49-7605-4901-9cbe-e0e4b35d0741","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

India reaffirmed its right to self-defense, emphasizing the strikes were a response to the Pahalgam attack, targeting only terrorist infrastructure

[{"selector":"#anim-28cd677e-7e8f-401c-94da-e6f58257a909 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-17.357142659341797%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2c3952c1-37f1-4457-9203-53f1859fa55d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1221a90d-0694-4365-9c39-995acdb9e66e","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Read More ‘Wahan Se Goli Chalegi, Yahan Se Gola’: PM Modi Stern Warning Message On Ceasefire Bangladesh’s Upcoming Pakistan Tour at Risk Due to Escalating India-Pakistan Tensions Pope Leo XIV: A Progressive Leader? His Views on Trump’s Policies Stir Debate Operation Sindoor is ‘Still Ongoing’ Despite Ceasefire, IAF Confirms