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An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps , balloons , fighter aircraft , attack aircraft , bombers , attack helicopters , and drones .
Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–2024) and spillover of the Israel–Hamas war. Date. 2–7 February 2024. (5 days) Location. Iraq and Syria. Result. United States victory. US conducts 125 airstrikes targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied militias.
- 2-7 February 2024(5 days)
- Iraq and Syria
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The Kashmir insurgency has been occurring since 1989, but a new wave of violence was witnessed during 2016 when Burhan Wani then commander of Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in an encounter. In 2018, more than 500 people (including civilians, soldiers and militants) were killed in the violence. On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying securi...
On 26 February 2019, Pakistan announced the intrusion of Indian aircraft into its airspace, but asserted that the Indian fleet was intercepted, causing them to retreat, to release their bombs which hit an open area, and to dump their fuel. In a press briefing, Pakistan's Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Gh...
There has been ambiguity among the sources as to what the exact target was, and about whether the madrassa – Taleem ul-Quranrun by Masood Azhar's brother-in-law, Muhammad Yusuf Azhar, was an active JeM camp or not. According to a diplomatic cable leaked in 2011, a 2004 United States Department of Defense interrogation report stated that Balakot had...
Neutral sources have asserted that the munitions dropped by Indian warplanes appeared to have hit several trees in a wooded area but caused no other damage, nor any casualties in the area where the attack took place.[excessive citations] Some Western diplomats also stated that they did not believe Indian Air Force had hit any militant camp.Western ...
The IAF put air defence systems on alert along the international border and Line of Control to respond to any possible retaliation by the Pakistan Air Force. Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi summoned an emergency meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan to discuss the security situation and asserted that Pakistan reserved the right to retalia...
India
Foreign diplomats from the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey, China, and six ASEAN nations were briefed by Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on the strike conducted. Arun Jaitley, the Indian cabinet minister of Finance stated two reasons, for Pakistan denying the effectiveness of the airstrike stating, "There are two plausible reasons. First, the Pakistan army had created a big aura about its prowess among Pakistanis, and it did not want its image dented...
International
1. Australia noted its condemnation of Pulwama attack and asked Pakistan to crack down on terrorists operating from its soil. It also asked both India and Pakistan to restrain from actions that would jeopardize peace. 2. China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kangstated "We hope that both India and Pakistan can exercise restraint and adopt actions that will help stabilize the situation in the region and improve mutual relations". 3. France asked both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, s...
'India struck biggest training camp of JeM' – full statement from Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, The Hindu, 26 February 2019.
Hamas and PIJ stated the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike. The consensus from various independent studies of videos, images, and eyewitness reports of the explosion, its aftermath, and the blast area suggests that an errant rocket launch from within Gaza is the most probable cause.
Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes (2023–2024) / 31.53722°N 34.49639°E / 31.53722; 34.49639. From 9 October 2023, as part of the Israel–Hamas war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted airstrikes in Jabalia refugee camp, claiming it was a stronghold for Hamas and other militant groups.
Jun 3, 2021 · In the modern age of warfare, airstrikes have become a dominant tactic. The recent US-led missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have come to be defined more by air-dropped weapons than anything else, as ground troops have been gradually removed in the face of an onslaught of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
