The Pakistani army said it destroyed a missile storage site in India’s Beas region as part of "Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos," or "Iron Wall."
The retaliatory strikes were launched in response to New Delhi's "Operation Sindoor," launched by India inside Pakistan on May 6, which killed 33 victims and injured 62, according to the Pakistan army.
"All those (Indian) air bases from where Pakistan was attacked (on May 6) are being attacked simultaneously," state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) reported, citing military sources. "Pakistani drones are flying over Indian capital New Delhi," it added.
It said the Pakistani army “is using its Al-Fatah missiles, named after Pakistani children killed in Indian military strikes on the intervening night of May 6 and 7” to strike India.
There has been no immediate reaction from New Delhi.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned an emergency meeting of the National Command Authority, which also deals with nuclear operations, later in the day.
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told Geo News that Pakistan launched the strikes as a "last resort" after India's "continued escalations."
“When and where will it stop, it all depends what India wants," he added.
Tensions between the two arch rivals escalated following India’s announcement of “Operation Sindoor” late Tuesday, after New Delhi said it struck "terrorist infrastructure at nine sites” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
The strikes came after an attack by unidentified gunmen on April 22 at a Pahalgam tourist site, which left 26 victims dead in India-administered Kashmir.
New Delhi said the attack had “cross-border links,” but Pakistan denied any involvement and offered a neutral probe with third-party monitoring.
After launching “Operation Sindoor,” New Delhi said it exercised its “right to respond and pre-empt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks.”
Pakistan said 33 victims were killed in the Indian missile attacks and cross-border firing.
Dar said Pakistani forces neutralized around 80 Israel-made Harop drones fired by India in the last two days.
“Pakistan Air Force’s JF-17 Thunder hypersonic missiles destroyed India’s S-400 system in Adampur,” said PTV.
Earlier, Pakistan Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry in a midnight news conference said: “India fired missiles at Pakistan Air Force airbases, including the Noor Khan Airbase near the capital Islamabad, and “a majority of them were intercepted by Pakistan's air defense systems.”
Pakistan has closed the country’s airspace.
India suspends flights at 32 airports
The Indian government announced the temporary closure Saturday of 32 airports across the northern and western parts of the country for all civil flight operations.
It said the Airports Authority of India extended the temporary closure of 25 segments of Air Traffic Service routes within New Delhi and the western metropolitan city of Mumbai due to operational reasons.
Omar Abdullah, the top elected official in Indian-administered Kashmir, said on X that one official in the Raj Kumar Thappa in Rajouri district was killed after his residence was "hit by shelling from Pakistan."
“Pakistan launched an attack on 26 locations last night. After that India has carried out a retaliatory action,” said Indian-state run DD News.
“The Indian Army destroyed Pakistani posts and terrorist launch pads near Jammu, which were being used for launching tube-launched drones against India,” it added.
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