India has downed two fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force. These were most likely JF-17s. Pakistan has launched an attack on Jammu and Jaisalmer.

Tensions have risen between the nuclear-armed neighbors since an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir last month.

Jewish American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002, also got justice via Operation Sindoor. In February 2002 a videotape was released by extremists in Pakistan showing the murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter.