Indian Army Tore Masood Azhar's Family Into Pieces In Op Sindoor: JeM Commander

JeM Commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri has reportedly claimed that the Indian Army tore the family of Masood Azhar's family into pieces during Operation Sindoor, launched by India to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure deep inside Pakistan.

In a viral video, JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri talks about the May 7 Indian attack. "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," Hindustan Times quoted Kashmiri as saying in Urdu.

Following the deadly terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, India, on May 7, hit nine terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan, killing over 100 terrorists. It was reported that at least 10 family members of Azhar were killed in the attack, including his wife.

The strikes, executed using stand-off weapons, drones, and precision-guided munitions, focused on dismantling terror infrastructure while avoiding Pakistani military installations. Key locations hit included Muridke, near Lahore, which houses Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) sprawling headquarters, and Bahawalpur, JeM's primary stronghold in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Additional targets in PoK-Kotli and Muzaffarabad-harbored long-standing LeT and JeM training camps. Other facilities destroyed included a Hizbul Mujahideen base in Sialkot and LeT's Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala.

Codenamed Operation Sindoor, the mission paid tribute to the Hindu women widowed in the Pahalgam terror attack, with the vermilion symbolizing marital sacrifice. The government emphasized that the strikes were a defensive response aimed at disrupting future cross-border terrorism.

Following India's assault, Pakistan tried to attack the border regions but India successfully neutralised drone, and missile attacks.

India targeted runways, hangars, command and control centres, radar bases, missile sites and weapon storage areas. New Delhi also struck Pakistani military bases at Rafiqui, Murid, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian while causing damage to the air bases in Skardu, Bholari, Jacobabad and Sargodha.

Masood Azhar is the founder of organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistan-based Islamic Deobandi jihadist organisation.