Overview

• The video shows JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri saying Masood Azhar’s family was “torn into pieces” in the May 7 Bahawalpur strike during Operation Sindoor.
• In a new allegation from the same footage, he claims Pakistan Army chief Gen Asim Munir sent officers to the funerals of those killed in the strikes.
• Multiple outlets reporting the footage note they have not independently verified the recording’s authenticity.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh invoke the clip to hail Operation Sindoor; Singh says the campaign is paused and could resume, rejecting any third‑party role in the ceasefire.
• Operation Sindoor targeted nine terror sites after the April 22 Pahalgam killings; India reports no civilian casualties, which Pakistan disputes alongside its denial of harboring Azhar.