New Delhi: Operation Sindoor is paused, not over, India’s envoy to Israel JP Singh has said. He urged Pakistan to extradite 26/11 terrorists and warns that cross-border terror will be met with continued offensive action. Shri Singh has stressed that India’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan is “paused” and “not over”. He urged Islamabad to hand over key terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Sajid Mir and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, similar to how the US extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Singh, in an interview with Israeli TV channel i24 on Monday, said the operation initially targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and was triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. “The terrorists killed 26innocent people based on their religion. India’s operation was against terror groups and their infrastructure, to which Pakistan responded by attacking Indian military installations,” Singh said. On being asked whether the ceasefire is holding, Singh confirmed it is, but reiterated that India has only paused Operation Sindoor.
“The fight against terrorism will continue. We have set a new normal and the new normal is that we will follow an offensive strategy. Wherever terrorists are, we have to kill those terrorists and we have to destroy their infrastructure. So it is still not over but as we speak the ceasefire is still intact,” Singh asserted. Addressing Pakistan’s claim that suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is an “act of war,” Singh countered that the treaty’s guiding principles—goodwill and friendship—were never upheld by Pakistan. “While we allowed water to flow, Pakistan allowed terror to flow into India,” he said. “Our Prime Minister has made it clear—blood and water cannot flow together.”
“We have given dossiers and technical inputs. America has shared evidence. Yet, these men roam free,” he said. “When the U.S. can hand over Rana, why can’t Pakistan hand over these terrorists? They have to simply hand over Hafeez Saeed, Lakhvi, Sajid Mir and things will be over.”
