Pakistan launched a pre-dawn strike with drones and missiles, including a Fattah-1 missile, on Saturday, on multiple Indian military installations. The Pakistani military has called this operation ‘Bunyan Ul Marsoos,’ a verse from the Quran, the holy book of Islam.The latest firing came after Pakistan intensified the tensions a day earlier, targeting as many as 26 places in India with drones and missiles following India’s Operation Sindoor.
Pakistan said it had started retaliatory attacks after accusing India of hitting three of its military locations with missiles fired from fighter jets. “India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” said Pakistani military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, reported The Guardian.
Shortly after, their officials stated they had launched a counterattack against India under ‘Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos,’ which roughly translates to ‘solid wall of lead.’“Bunyan Marsoos is an Arabic phrase which directly translates into ‘a structure made of lead,” according to Al Jazeera. The verse from the Quran reads, “Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure,” the Qatar-based media house reported.
Pakistan said it had started retaliatory attacks after accusing India of hitting three of its military locations with missiles fired from fighter jets. “India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” said Pakistani military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, reported The Guardian.
Shortly after, their officials stated they had launched a counterattack against India under ‘Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos,’ which roughly translates to ‘solid wall of lead.’“Bunyan Marsoos is an Arabic phrase which directly translates into ‘a structure made of lead,” according to Al Jazeera. The verse from the Quran reads, “Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure,” the Qatar-based media house reported.
With the term, Pakistan is likely attempting to represent itself as an impregnable wall or structure fighting for a cause. The usage of Quranic verses could possibly be part of a trend of giving the attacks a religious tone.
Earlier, India launched Operation Sindoor, which targeted terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), following the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack, which killed 26 people. During the aerial strikes on May 7, India attacked nine sites in Pakistan and POK.
Earlier in the day, heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistan caused damage to homes and religious sites in Kupwara, Uri and Poonch. In the early hours on Saturday, four airbases in Pakistan were hit by Indian strikes, ANI reported, citing sources.
