JeM Commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri has made a significant statement regarding Operation Sindoor, a key counter-terror operation carried out in Bahawalpur in retaliation for the Pahalgam terrorist attack. He said that members of Masood Azhar’s family were killed during the operation. This is the first time, that the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has admitted that family members of its chief, Masood Azhar, were killed during India’s strike in Bahawalpur.
According to Alias, Masood Azhar’s family was ‘torn into pieces’ in Op Sindoor strike. A viral video shows top Jaish commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri with Pakistani Army personnel. In the video, he admits that the terror group has suffered losses.
In a viral video on the internet, JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri can be heard explaining how the Indian armed forces entered their hideout and attacked them.
“Embracing terrorism, we fought Delhi, Kabul and Kandahar to protect the borders of this country. After sacrificing everything, on May 7, Maulana Masood Azhar’s family was torn apart by Indian forces in Bahawalpur,” Kashmiri said in Urdu, as several gun-wielding security personnel surrounded him in the background.
Operation Sindoor
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. In this mission, the Indian Air Force and Army worked together to carry out precise strikes on nine terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Army used loitering munitions and kamikaze drones to launch attacks from a distance. They also fired advanced long-range artillery shells to hit specific targets, all based on reliable intelligence. The operation was a well-planned effort to eliminate key terror threats across the border.
9 Sites Targeted
India targeted nine terrorist locations during Operation Sindoor. Five of these were in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)- two each in Muzaffarabad and Kotli, and one in Bhimber. The remaining four were in Pakistan- two in Sialkot, and one each in Muridke and Bahawalpur.
This was a big shift from 2019, when India only struck one site in Balakot after the Pulwama attack. The targets this time included: Bhimber in PoK, Markaz Taiba in Muridke near Lahore – Lashkar-e-Taiba’s main base where 26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab and Lashkar scout David Headley were trained. Markaz Subhanallah in Bahawalpur – linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Sarjal and Mehmona Joya in Sialkot, Sawai Nala and Syedna Bilal in Muzaffarabad, Gulpur and Abbas in Kotli
