Emergency personnel work at houses damaged following a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Bialik, Israel.
India has lodged a "solemn protest" with China over the establishment of two new counties in the Hotan prefecture, as parts of these regions fall within India's union territory of Ladakh. The Indian government asserted that the creation of these counties will not impact its sovereignty over the area and does not lend legitimacy to China's "illegal and forcible" occupation.
The government has launched a rescue operation to ensure the safety of the border residents following spurt in the incidents of cross border firing from the Pakistani side along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has called on both countries "not to escalate" the conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to speak with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India as early as today or tomorrow. The US State Department said Washington is reaching out to both India and Pakistan "regarding the Kashmir situation" and telling them "not to escalate the situation."
"Around 3:30 am Pakistan troops opened small arms fire and then switched to machine gun fire. Subsequently they started firing mortars at Darkote, Platan and Channi Dewanu posts of the Indian army," a police officer from Khour police station was quoted as saying.
According to Lebanon's health minister, 51 people were killed and 223 wounded Wednesday in Israeli strikes.
The Indian Army lost 28 soldiers during the same period along the LoC
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was aimed at "specific targets".
The mortar shelling and small arms firing from across the border was intense in Shahpur, Kirni and Qasba sectors along the LoC in Poonch district.
A suspected Pakistani intruder trying to infiltrate into India from the Punjab border was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) amid an ongoing 'high alert' ahead of Independence Day.
Calm has returned to the International Border and its villages in the twin districts of Jammu and Samba after days of panic triggered by heavy cross border firing and shelling.
President Biden directed the US. military to aid Israel's defence against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles that are targeting Israel.
A day after two women members of a family lost their lives in this border hamlet situated just a kilometre from the International Border, the area resembles a 'ghost town' as all the villagers have abandoned their houses and fled to safer locations.
Halevi's remarks came after Hezbollah fired a missile at central Israel on early Wednesday and Israel responded with airstrikes, which have killed 569 people and wounded 1,835 others, Al Jazeera reported.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the "unprovoked and naked aggression" by India along the LoC.
This is the second major ceasefire violation along the IB this month and came despite Director General Military Operations of the two countries agreeing, on May 29, to implement the ceasefire pact of 2003 in "letter and spirit".
Pakistan-based terrorist groups are continuously trying to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir by taking advantage of cross-border firing as they aim to carry out "spectacular attacks" ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to India, according to security agencies.
The United States has called for a 21 day ceasefire on the Israel-Lebanon border to prevent an escalation of war and give diplomacy a chance there and in Gaza.
The statement came a day after Indian Army launched "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistani positions across LoC.
Many border residents say that they have been witnessing death closely since the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said as many as 5,133 incidents of ceasefire violations were reported in 2020; 3,479 in 2019; and 2,140 in 2018.
Amid a war of words between India and Pakistan over cross-border firing, Pakistan's Defence Minister has alleged that India wants to keep his country busy in a "low-intensity war".
Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops resorted to firing on Indian forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district, leaving a jawan injured. "There was firing from heavy weapons and attacks on forward posts along the LoC in Krishnagati sector of Poonch district at approximately 10 pm on Wednesday night," a senior army officer said on Thursday. The cross-border firing continued for a brief period, he said.
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday advocated shifting border residents of Samba district to safer places in view of travails they had to face during the recent heavy cross-border firing and shelling.He was on an extensive visit to border areas of Samba district to assess the situation arisen due to recent firing from Pakistan.
The sector commanders of the BSF and Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting, after a gap of about seven months
This is the first time the government sources have confirmed that artillery fire was indeed used by the Army to launch a massive assault against Pakistan.
There was no report of any casualty on the Indian side, he said.
According to the IDF, Eid Hassan Nashar held key leadership roles within Hezbollah. He served as the commander of the surface-to-surface rocket unit, overseeing the organisation's day-to-day operations.
There was no report of any casualty in the latest ceasefire violation which came a day after a personnel of the Indian Army was killed and three others including two women were injured in separate ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Rajouri and Poonch districts.
Less than three weeks after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops opened heavy firing on Indian positions on Tuesday, injuring two Border Security Force jawans in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistani troops fired mortar shells and rocket projectile grenades and opened small arms firing on Indian posts along LoC in Sabzian area of Poonch district at around 11.45 pm on Monday night, a senior army official told PTI.
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Nine persons have been killed so far in ceasefire violations over three days, police officials said.
On Monday, five Army personnel were killed and five injured when heavily armed terrorists hurled a grenade and opened indiscriminate fire on two army vehicles around 3.30 pm on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar mountainous road near Badnota village, about 150 km from the district headquarters Kathua.
An infiltration bid was foiled by the Border Security Force troops, who killed two intruders near Indo-Pak border fencing at Mangral, located 35 km from Jammu, after an exchange of fire for over an hour.
In yet another ceasefire violation along the Line of Control, Pakistani troops on Tuesday fired light and medium machine guns on the Forward Defence Location (FDL) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Army has lodged a strong protest with its Pakistani counterparts over recent ceasefire violations, when six Indian Forward Posts along LoC in Poonch sector were targeted by mortar and small arms firing.
The United States has welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's statement that he would like to rebuild relationship with the US following deterioration in bilateral ties after the recent NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border fire.
Stepping up ceasefire violations, Pakistani Rangers on Friday night resorted to heavy mortar shelling and firing on 8 BSF posts along the Indo-Pak border in Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing a strong retaliation from the Indian side.
