The officials said that BSF personnel manning the border outpost in Makwal retaliated befittingly to the firing from across the border. No casualty or damage was reported on the Indian side, they added.
The announcement came after the Israeli military intercepted a rocket launch from the Gaza Strip, 30 minutes after the seven-day truce expired. On Thursday, Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem, where three Israelis were killed by two Palestinian gunmen.
Pakistan violated ceasefire at regular intervals since October, in which a BSF jawan was killed. The villagers are currently using a makeshift structure of cement sewage pipes to cross a stream during the time of shelling and cross-border firing, to move to safer locations.
Pakistan once again carried out unprovoked ceasefire violation which killed a BSF personnel in the Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district. BSF Special Director General PV Ramasastry said that the Force is giving befitting reply to Pakistan which is resorting to "mischievous acts".
Pakistan Rangers had resorted to second unprovoked ceasefire violation within 10 days in the RS Pura Sector of Jammu and Kashmir injuring a BSF personnel and a civilian. The BSF gave a befitting reply to the Pakistanis in the gun-battle which lasted for nearly seven hours.
This is the second ceasefire violation by Pakistan within 10 days. Two BSF jawans had sustained injuries in the previous firing incident. After the Pakistani Rangers started an unprovoked firing and shelling in the Arnia and RS Pura sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, the BSF retaliated with an iron fist.
India and Pakistan had in February this year agreed to a strict observance of all agreements, understandings and cease firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and all other sectors.
The decision on ceasefire, effective since Wednesday midnight, was taken at a meeting between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan.
Indian Army killed two Pakistan Army soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) opposite the Naushera sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, said sources on Wednesday. According to sources, the incident happened on Tuesday.
A sub-inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) was martyred in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The incident took place at Tarkundi area of Mendhar in Poonch district.
Two soldiers martyred in unprovoked firing by Pakistani forces along LoC in Rajouri
Pakistan again violated the ceasefire on the line of control (LoC) on Saturday evening in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district where an army soldier was killed in the morning in Pakistan firing.
The Pakistan army violated ceasefire twice on Wednesday and resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forwarding areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, they said.
Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district, the army said in a statement on Monday.
In a strong response to the ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army at Line of Control, the Indian Army on Friday destroyed multiple posts, ammunition bunkers, and terror launch pads on the Pakistani side, killing about eight soldiers.
Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Kathua districts in violation of the ceasefire, officials said on Saturday.
India TV has accessed the footage wherein a Pakistani sniper could be seen falling down on the ground after being hit by a bullet. The operation was carried out in October.
An Army jawan was killed on Thursday during ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Another soldier was injured in the firing.
The Army on Friday said there is no connection between the Pakistan-initiated ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in the Ladakh region. It, however, asserted that no "misadventure" would be allowed along the borders in the union territory.
Pakistani troops on Saturday violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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