IDF troops continued to operate deep inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fighter jets struck Hamas assets across the Palestinian enclave.
Troops guarding the border retaliated and the exchange of fire between the two sides lasted for nearly 30 minutes.
Local dailies have reported that a couple of street children were beaten by a soldier who was on patrol duty near Lady Keane college on December 24.
Army Chief Gen V K Singh assessed the prevailing security scenario in Kashmir and operational preparedness of the force on Line of Control during his two-day visit to the Valley which concluded on Wednesday.
Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Sunday evening, a defence spokesman said.
This is the fifth incident of shooting within the forces in a fortnight in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a major blow to the commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Burhan Wani's close aide, Tariq Pandita, surrendered before security forces in south Kashmir on Saturday.
Army teams on Sunday recovered the body of a soldier who had gone missing following an avalanche in Kargil area of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The casualty comes barely a week after multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC in north Kashmir left 11 people, including five security personnel, dead on November 13.
The army on Tuesday claimed that there was 80 per cent increase in the number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan and even the infiltration bids have doubled than the last year.
Singh paid tributes to soldiers killed in the Kargil War at a memorial in Dras sector.
'If the Chinese intent is to be gauged based on its aggression in the South China Sea, greater forays in the Indian Ocean, a hawk's attitude towards Taiwan, flying its fighters repeatedly over the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea and creating strategic assets globally, there would be a requirement for strategic partnerships for India,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Havaldar Jaspal Singh of 14 Sikh Light Infantry shot himself with his service rifle at an army camp in Pargwal area on Saturday night, Defence Spokesman Col S D Goswami said. The jawan died on the spot, he said, adding the body has been sent to his native Patiala city for last rites.
Army foiled an infiltration bid on Tuesday morning by killing a militant in Kupwara district of North Kashmir.
Six militants were killed on Friday in two encounters with the security forces in Baramulla and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.
Three top militants of Hizbul Mujaheedin were killed in a daylong fierce gunfight with security forces in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Security forces foiled an infiltration bid in the Keran sector of the Line of Control early on Sunday morning and killed two intruding terrorists.
Officials said gunshots were heard as the joint search parties of the Army and the police resumed the operation in Poonch's Mendhar area. However, it was not immediately clear whether it was speculative firing by the search parties or fresh contact was established with the terrorists, they said.
Lance Naik Mohammed Naseer, 35-year-old from border district of Poonch in J&K, was hit during the firing.
Two avalanches hit Siachin Glacier, the world's highest battlefield in Ladakh region on Wednesday morning killing three army troopers.
Tripathi was tried by court martial and dismissed from service.
"The terrorists entered a local mosque, which was surrounded. When asked to surrender, they hurled two grenades at the security forces who, however, maintained restraint where upon the terrorists moved out of the mosque and took shelter in a hutment," Lt Col Viplav Nath, army spokesman, told rediff.com.
Two army troopers were killed and six others wounded in an explosion that occurred inside a passing vehicle that was part of a convoy in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Defence sources said at least six soldiers were feared dead and 60 others wounded in the battle. However, there was no independent confirmation of the army casualties.
Wu said both the countries are also in consultations to work on a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the defence ministries.
Six Indian Air Force aircraft carrying relief material, rescue workers and doctors landed in Leh on Saturday to provide succour to the people of the region affected by cloudburst and flash floods.
The Army has foiled an infiltration bid in Kerni sector of Poonch district after exchanging heavy fire with terrorists that left an officer injured, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.
Kaman Aman Setu, the bridge on the Line of Control connecting Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, which suffered heavy damage last week has been repaired and restored by the army.
Alerted by intelligence reports over a possible spillover of terrorist activities into Himachal Pradesh, army has mounted a strict vigil along Chamba district and certain areas along the Jammu and Kashmir-HP border.
Army troops during routine patrolling detected a 50-mt long tunnel near a forward post along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu sector's Pallanwala sector, a defence spokesman said on Saturday.
The Army on Monday rubbished allegations levelled by hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani that the force was trying to hush up the alleged rape of a woman by two men in uniform in south Kashmir last week.
Two militants were on Saturday killed in an encounter with army troops in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district. "Two militants have been killed in an operation at Mooldari in Handwara area of Kupwara district," Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel J S Brar said.Brar said two major hideouts were also busted in the area.
The Pakistan army once again violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu on Tuesday night. Tuesday's attack is the second in four days, with Pakistani troops targeting Indian posts last Sunday.
Captain Deepak Sharma of the 42 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in a fierce encounter with four Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the Dadsara village of Pulwama district.
Army troops noticed some suspicious movement along the LoC and laid an ambush in Tangdhar, 175 km from Srinagar, a defence spokesman said.
General Sarath Fonseka, the defeated candidate in the recent Sri Lanka's presidential election and the country's former Army chief, has been arrested, BBC has reported.
Eight militants and a cop were killed in two fierce encounters in Kashmir Valley where four protestors were wounded in security force firing during post Friday prayer clashes.
The exclusive characteristic of Babur is that it can fly at a very low height and is designed to elude any kind of radar system.
