1 Indian aircraft was shot down and the pilot was captured.

According to information from Pakistan military sources, an Indian Air Force fighter jet was shot down in the Sialkot area of Punjab Province, Pakistan. The Indian pilot was captured.

On Friday, India reported that Pakistan had fired "along the entire border" at night and had launched "multiple attacks" with drones, but all were repelled by India. A police source told AFP that one civilian was killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Pakistan "temporarily" denied attacking Indian territory and claimed that since Wednesday evening, Pakistan had shot down "77" Israeli-made "Indian drones," which had been sent to at least nine towns, some of which were military or intelligence headquarters, such as Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reported that one civilian died and four soldiers were injured.

AFP's report from Rawalpindi said that the war situation between India and Pakistan is taking shape.

Since India attacked Pakistani territory on Wednesday to retaliate for the attack on its side of Kashmir on April 22, the attacks between these two nuclear-armed countries have resulted in about 50 civilian deaths.

India accused Pakistan of supporting jihadist organizations and suspected that the organization was responsible for the murder of 26 Hindu tourists in the tourist city of Pahalgam. Islamabad firmly denied any involvement in this matter.

After Pakistan immediately responded to India's Tuesday night missile strikes on nine locations allegedly involved in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, the two countries entered their deadliest military confrontation in over twenty years.

The International Crisis Group (ICG) Research Center warned that due to the "militant rhetoric, domestic unrest, and a full-on single-minded logic" of the two neighboring countries, "the situation is at risk of escalation."

While leaders and senior officials on both sides continue to issue threats, local residents are burying the dead and say they are preparing for the worst.

In India, schools across Indian Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan have been closed.

In Pakistan, schools in Pakistani Kashmir, Punjab, and Islamabad will not reopen until Monday. Twenty-four airports in northwest India have been shut down.

India-Pakistan Conflict Rekindles

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