Bloodless operation.

In response to the terror attack at Pahalgam in Kashmir on 22 April 2025 killing 26 civilians (wikipedia), Indian armed forces attacked nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in Operation Sindoor on 7 May (pib.gov.in). Inspiring headlines, "weapons deployed included Scalp deep-strike cruise missiles that allow Rafale fighter pilots to attack ground targets from standoff ranges, the Hammer smart weapon system, guided bomb kits and M77 howitzers firing Excalibur munitions. Loitering munitions were also used." HT. A terrifying combination, reminding us of tearing scalp as trophy (wikipedia) and the legendary Excalibur, taking us back to King Arthur (Britannica). The attack was "measured, non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible" and "no Pakistani military facilities were targeted and India demonstrated 'considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution'." HT. No Pakistani army personnel was touched but "intelligence estimates said the toll could be in the range of 70 to 100" terrorists killed. TOI. "Terror mastermind Maulana Masood Azhar said 10 members of his family and four aides died in the Indian strikes" that included his sister, "her husband, a nephew and his wife, and a niece." TOI. Their ages and connection to terrorist groups is not known. In the retaliation to Operation Sindoor, "As many as 15 Indians lost their lives and 43 were injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Tangdhar regions as Pakistan resorted to arbitrary firing and heavy shelling along the Line of Control and the International Border." India Today. All the pilots returned safely but India lost five soldiers while Pakistan may have lost 35-40 in cross-border firings across the Line of Control (LOC). DH. Attacks across the LoC have been going on for decades (wikipedia) and are not specific to Operation Sindoor. On 10 May, Indian military targeted eight Pakistani airbases with missiles and other long-range weapons. At Nur Khan airbase vehicles were set on fire, runways at Sargodha and RahimYar Khan were bombed while the roof of a UAV storage depot was damaged at Sukkur. HT. Again, there is no report of any Pakistani casualty. "In last week's escalation -counter escalation dynamic, one thing was clear: New Delhi had no intention of getting sucked into the quagmire of an endless war," wrote Prof Harsh V Pant. "India can take satisfaction that it displayed serious political intent to battle terror, showed it had the capability to degrade terror infrastructure," "But it must also acknowledge that the task of imposing deterrence hasn't been met fully, and it must prepare for a more volatile security situation and a neighborhood that may just have got more fragile," wrote Prashant Jha.  Terrorists are agents of the Pakistani Army and we have taken great care not to hurt any army personnel. Civilians have been killed across the LoC but they don't count. However, it was an excellent opportunity for scowling ominously into the camera and making bloodcurdling threats. Thankfully, US President Donald Trump helped to stop the bloodless operation killing civilians (The Hindu). As revenge for killing civilians.