Overview

• In a widely shared video, Jaish-e-Mohammad commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri says Maulana Masood Azhar’s family was “torn into pieces” in the May 7 strike on Bahawalpur.
• The clip, posted online this week and reported by multiple outlets, has not been independently verified by some media even as it circulates broadly.
• India says Operation Sindoor targeted nine terror facilities in response to the April 22 Pahalgam massacre and reports no civilian casualties, while Pakistan alleges 26 civilian deaths and 46 injuries.
• Earlier reports attributed to Azhar said 10 of his relatives and four associates were killed at JeM’s Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah complex, with Mohammad Yusuf Azhar among those named.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited the admission to argue that the strike hit JeM’s nerve centre and to challenge Pakistan’s denials on harboring terror leadership.