• The operation follows a militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed last month.
• "We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable," India said.
• Pakistan reportedly said it was responding to "this act of war."

India early on Wednesday said its armed forces had conducted strikes against Pakistan and what it calls Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, targeting "terrorist infrastructure."

"Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted," the country's .

The operation, which the ministry said was aimed at nine sites "from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed," follows a militant attack last month in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed.

"We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable," the statement said.

The ministry added that India had shown "considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution" in its "Operation Sindoor." Sindoor refers to a red- or orange-colored powder mostly worn by Indian Hindu married women, which they traditionally stop adorning if widowed. All 26 people killed in Pahalgam were men.

In a press briefing later, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said a group called The Resistance Front had taken responsibility for carrying out the massacre in Kashmir, accusing it to be an offshoot of Pakistan-based, United Nations-proscribed, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. Pakistan has denied involvement in the Pahalgam killings.

Speaking to C온라인카지노사이트, Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar accused India of violating his country's territorial sovereignty and attacking its civilian population — a claim denied by India.

A Pakistani military spokesperson said that 26 Pakistanis were killed and 46 injured in the attacks.

"Pakistan has every right to give a robust response to this act of war imposed by India, and a strong response is indeed being given," Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said soon after the strikes, according to the Associated Press.

Tarar claimed five Indian Air Force jets were shot down as they were heading toward Pakistani territory. the strikes were carried out by the IAF from within Indian airspace. India has refuted claims that its jets were downed, calling such

Three civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling — the de facto border that separates Indian and Pakistani-administered parts of Jammu and Kashmir. "We've not targeted any civilians," Tarar said.

Most airlines are diverting out of Pakistani airspace, according to . Indian airlines and that airports in northern India and flights were impacted. Middle Eastern airline has temporarily suspended flights to Pakistan due to the closure of Pakistani airspace.

U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House that "I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past." "It's a shame," Trump said, adding "I just hope it ends very quickly."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio he was monitoring the situation closely, and would continue engaging both sides' leadership toward a peaceful situation. India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval had briefed Rubio after the strikes, India's embassy to the U.S. said.

Separately, United Arab Emirates foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed called on India and Pakistan to "exercise restraint, de-escalate tensions, and avoid further escalation that threaten regional and international peace," according to

On Monday, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that India and Pakistan should avoid a military confrontation as it could spin out of control. "A military solution is no solution."