Pakistan Accuses India of Drone Strikes Using Israeli Technology, Urges International Response
[Islamabad] Pakistan’s military accused India of carrying out drone attacks on May 8 using Israeli-made Harop drones, striking targets in multiple cities across the country and escalating an already tense conflict. The announcement came during a televised briefing Thursday by Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif, director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan’s armed forces.
“India is attacking Pakistan with these Israeli-made Herop drones in panic,” Sharif said. “The wreckage of the drones is being recovered from various parts of the country.”
The Harop, a loitering munition produced by Israel Aerospace Industries, is designed to destroy radar and other high-value targets. Sharif displayed images of wreckage recovered from different locations, including one drone labeled with “UAV” and another bearing parts clearly marked “Israel”.
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According to the Pakistani military, 25 drones were shot down. One managed to strike a military installation near Lahore, injuring four personnel and causing minor damage to equipment. A separate drone strike in Mianwali, Sindh, killed one civilian and injured another. “As we speak, India’s deployment of Harop drones—this act of naked aggression—continues. Our armed forces remain on high alert and are actively neutralizing these threats,” Sharif said.
He described the attacks as a “serious provocation” and urged the international community to intervene, warning that India was escalating tensions “in an already volatile environment”.
The drone strikes followed Indian missile attacks a day earlier that reportedly killed 31 people and injured 57 across several Pakistani cities. India described the strikes as retaliation for an April 22 attack in Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, blaming Pakistan—an accusation Islamabad has denied. India claimed to have targeted “terrorist infrastructure,” while Pakistan insisted civilians, including women and children, were among the dead.
Islamabad also claimed to have downed five Indian fighter jets.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to the developments on X (formerly Twitter): “I am monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan closely. I echo POTUS’s comments earlier today that this hopefully ends quickly and will continue to engage both Indian and Pakistani leadership [for] a peaceful resolution.”
According to a US State Department release, Rubio also spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Their conversation addressed regional security, economic cooperation, and efforts to de-escalate the India-Pakistan crisis.
