The ceasefire agreement followed days of retaliatory strikes and heightened tensions with Pakistan after India conducted cross-border strikes on terrorist camps.

Operation Sindoor, which led to Abdul Rauf’s death, targeted nine terror camps—five in PoK: Sawal Nala, Syedna Bilal, Gulpur, Bartitenala, and Abbas; and four in Pakistan: Bhawalpur, Muridke, Sarjal,

The sources said that India's position after May 7 strikes on terror infrastructure in PoK and other areas was that if Pakistan fires, India will also fire.