The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the completion of a 48-hour operation in the Jordan Valley region, part of a broader counter-terrorism effort across Judea and Samaria this past week.
A total of 28 people, including civilians and security personnel, were killed in 11 terror-initiated incidents and 24 encounters or counter-terror operations up to July 21 this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in the Doda encounter and called upon the people to unite in the fight against terrorism.
Earlier, calling it a cowardly act, President Droupadi Murmu condemned the July 8 Kathua terror attack in which five army soldiers lost their lives and called for firm counter-measures.
As many as three people were killed and seven others sustained injuries after a deadly blast from a remote-controlled explosive device occurred in Mardan, Pakistan, damaging a police van and a rickshaw, Dawn reported.
Pakistan experienced a surge in violence during the second quarter of 2024 resulting in 380 deaths and 220 injuries from as many as 240 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations, according to the report released by Pakistan's think tank, the Centre for Research and Security S
Amid rise in terror, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police (IGP) Akhtar Hayat Khan said Thursday that 88 terrorists have been killed in various anti-terror operations since January 1, 2024.
In a video released by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), former Hamas terrorists confirmed that Hamas was using civilians as human shields and several other ways in which the terror group was using civilians as cover for their terror operations, as reported by The Times of Israel.
Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries in the year 2023, from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations, including nearly 1,000 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel, Dawn reported.
The NSC's decision to launch a massive operation may further shrink the chances of elections in Punjab, two days after the government had categorically refused to implement the court order regarding May 14 polls, Dawn reported.
At the outset, district SSP Rajouri and Poonch briefed the chairing officer regarding the ongoing counter-terror operations in their respective districts.
Remembering late Gen Bipin Rawat on his 65th birth anniversary, Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said Rawat's biggest contribution was to change the narrative of counter-insurgency and counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir.