Israel Supports India’s ‘Right To Self-Defence’, UAE Calls For Restraint After Operation Sindoor

<p>India early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir under ‘Operation Sindoor,’ in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed lives of 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Following the strikes today, Israel backed the operation, saying that it “supports India’s right to self-defence,” stressing that terrorists should be aware that there is “no place to hide from their heinous crimes against the innocent.”</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Israel supports India&rsquo;s right for self defense. Terrorists should know there&rsquo;s no place to hide from their heinous crimes against the innocent. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/OperationSindoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#OperationSindoor</a></p>
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<p>Meanwhile, UAE Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation, a statement issued by UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday noted.</p>
<p>As per UAE MOFA, the UAE Foreign Minister gave a call to India and Pakistan to “exercise restraint, de-escalate tensions, and avoid further escalation that could threaten regional and international peace”.</p>
<p>He urged dialogue and mutual understanding between the two nations in order to prevent military escalation, strengthen stability in South Asia, and avoid further regional tensions.</p>
<p>The strikes further escalated tensions between the two nations, which intensified after the Pahalgam attack on April 22.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Defence issued a statement after the strikes, saying that the actions by the Indian armed forces have been “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature and that no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.”</p>
<p>”A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘<a title=”Operation Sindoor” href=”https://news.abplive.com/topic/operation-sindoor” data-type=”interlinkingkeywords”>Operation Sindoor</a>’ hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the defence ministry said in a statement at 1:44 AM today.</p>
<p>”India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” it said.</p>
<p>As per a report by news agency PTI, the strikes on all nine targets, including Bahawalpur and Muridke, were successful and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the operation closely.</p>
<p>While Muridke is believed to be a home to base of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Bahawalpur is the main stronghold of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).&nbsp;</p>