Pakistan begins retaliatory strikes against India over Tuesday's deadly attack

Pakistan officials late Friday night confirmed that the country has begun launching retaliatory strikes against India, after its neighbor launched missiles at nine locations earlier this week.

The Indian Armed Forces on Tuesday struck Pakistan and the Pakistan-occupied regions of Jammu and Kashmir, in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack last month that took place in Kashmir. The region has been the subject of dispute since the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. 

Pakistan officials said the retaliatory strikes are "eye-for-eye," and are being conducted as part of Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos, which translates to "Wall of Lead," according to the Guardian.

The retaliation comes after Pakistan accused India earlier Friday of hitting three of its military air bases, per CNN. The new strikes from Pakistan have allegedly hit India’s Pathankot Air field and Udhampur Air Force Station, and Brahmos storage site. 

It is not clear how many locations in India have been targeted, but Pakistan said it has targeted air bases that were used to launch missiles at Pakistan.

The Guardian also reported that India has begun a large-scale mobilization effort of sending troops to protect its border in the case of further escalations, including by activating its reserve territorial army.

The strikes mark an escalation in the decades-long conflict. Both countries have nuclear weapons, but neither have threatened to use it.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.