India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri holds a press briefing following India's military strikes on Pakistan, in New Delhi, India, May 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh)

India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in New Delhi that "if Pakistan responds, India will respond," fuelling fears of a larger military conflict in the region. India said it struck nine "terrorist infrastructure" sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants that killed 25 Hindu tourists and one local in Indian Kashmir last month.

Pakistan said at least 31 of its civilians had been killed and 46 wounded, a military spokesperson said, and that India "had ignited an inferno in the region". 

Islamabad pledged to respond "at a time, place and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty", rejecting Indian allegations it had terrorist camps on its territory.