{"id":298554,"date":"2025-05-10T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T08:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298554"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T08:10:54","slug":"old-video-shared-as-pakistan-strikes-military-base-in-amritsar-operation-sindoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-as-pakistan-strikes-military-base-in-amritsar-operation-sindoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Same video shared as Pak attack in Amritsar and Indian strike in Sialkot. In reality, it shows neither"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even as as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following military strikes between the two countries, unverified images and videos claiming to be related to the conflict have flooded social media. One such video is being shared by Pakistani social media handles with the claim that Pakistan had struck an Indian military base in Amritsar, Punjab.<\/p>\n

A fortnight after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam had killed 26 people, Indian armed forces in the early hours of May 7 launched Operation Sindoor, hitting nine sites in Pakistan and PoK from where attacks against India had been planned and directed. The Union ministry of defence described the action<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cfocused, measured and non-escalatory in nature\u201d, with no Pakistani military facilities having been targeted. Late on May 7,\u00a0reports came in<\/a>\u00a0of heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan on forward villages along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri areas of Jammu and Kashmir killing at least 16 civilians. They also\u00a0attempted to engage a number of military targets<\/a> in northern and western India including in Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot and Amritsar, among other places, using drones and missiles. These were neutralized by India\u2019s integrated counter UAS grid and air defence systems. Subsequently, Indian armed forces targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan in a proportionate response, and neutralized the air defence system in Lahore.<\/p>\n

Against this backdrop,\u00a0a user named Hanuman tweeted the video and wrote that Pakistan attacked the military base in Amritsar in which numerous casualties were reported with several seriously injured. <\/span>(<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pakistan strikes military base in Amritsar.
\nNumerous casualties reported, with several critically injured.#IndiaPakistanWar<\/a>#OperationSindoor<\/a> #Pakistani<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bQW0WgQRYH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 HANUMAN (@Hanuman231) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Pakistani user shared this video and called it an attack by Pakistan on India’s Amritsar military base. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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A user named Voice of India also made the same claim while tweeting the video. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interestingly, many users<\/a> including BJP leader <\/span>Shaurya Mishra<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>The Jaipur Dialogues<\/span><\/a> shared the same clip describing it as visuals of an Indian attack in Sialkot, Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n