The Indian government says its forces have launched "Operation Sindoor", "hitting terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir "from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed". In a statement, the Indian government says "nine sites have been targeted".

The apparent strikes would be an intensification of a conflict between India and Pakistan, both of which are nuclear powers.

India launched attacks in the early hours of May 7 on what it said were "terrorist camps" in Pakistan, including in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The strike followed the killing of 26 men, mostly tourists,