Tensions have already been high between India and Pakistan in recent weeks. After a terror attack in Kashmir in late April, things have continued to escalate. 

On Tuesday, India launched missiles into Pakistan. 

India fired three missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory early Wednesday, Pakistani security officials said, amid soaring tensions between the countries over last month’s militant attack in India’s portion of Kashmir.

The missiles struck locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern Punjab province, according to three security officials. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media on the record.

While initial reports reference three missiles, it appears India is claiming to have struck nine sites believed to hold terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

India says it has hit 9 sites it believes holds terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, according to an Indian press release.

— Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) May 6, 2025

However, Pakistani security officials are claiming the sites hit were civilian targets. 

Pakistani security officials report that the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes tonight on five sites in Kotli, Ahmadpur East, Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Muridke, with at least one of the sites said to have been a mosque resulting in several civilian injuries and at least one…

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 6, 2025

Streiff recently published a great explainer on the current situation: 

India and Pakistan seem to move inexorably toward war as rhetoric and retaliatory action were ratcheted up since a bloody massacre of 26 people by the Pakistan-sponsored group called Kashmir Resistance on Tuesday; see Terror in India: Attack Leaves Dozens Dead During JD Vance's Visit – RedState. This is not the first terror attack in Kashmir, but this one was in a tourist spot, and eyewitness reports say that the gunmen singled out non-Muslims for execution.

Here's the state of play.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed vengeance. In a rally, he said, "I say to the whole world: India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers."  The backers are, of course, Pakistan's intelligence and military apparatus.

READ MORE: Can India and Pakistan Back Away From the Abyss of Nuclear War?

President Donald Trump has now issued a statement on the situation:

.@POTUS reacts to India's airstrikes into Pakistan: "We just heard about it as we were walking through the doors of the Oval... They've been fighting for a long time... I just hope it ends very quickly." pic.twitter.com/HfrKm49tP8

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2025

"It's a shame. We just heard about it just as we were walking in the doors of the Oval. Just heard about it. I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past. They've been fighting for a long time... I just hope it ends very quickly."

This is a developing story. RedState will provide further updates as they become available. 

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