Fire was raining down: Jaish recalls horror of Op Sindoor year after strikes

Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives continue to invoke Operation Sindoor in internal propaganda posts, describing the strikes on Bahawalpur as a night when "fire was raining down" and glorifying militants killed in the operation as "martyrs."

In Short

• Jaish's posts describe night of strikes with religious and dramatic imagery
• Called killed militants 'martyrs', claims centres in Bahawalpur destroyed
• Claims of rebuilding mosques and expanding women's wing activities

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives continue to invoke the fear and memory of Operation Sindoor in internal propaganda posts, with the terror group describing the night of the strikes as one in which “fire was raining down” while explosions rocked its strongholds.

In a series of Urdu-language social media posts accessed from JeM-linked channels, the Pakistan-based terror outfit referred to militants killed during Operation Sindoor as “shaheed” (martyrs) and claimed that the strikes had destroyed major centres linked to the organisation in Bahawalpur.

One post described the night of the operation in dramatic terms, saying: “That night was very strange. Fire was raining down from above and it felt as if fragrance was descending from the sky. Massive explosions were taking place, but amid them chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’ echoed everywhere.”

The post further claimed that the scenes reminded operatives of descriptions mentioned in the Quran and said the visuals around Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah appeared like scenes from an earlier era returning before their eyes.

Another JeM-linked post openly mentioned the destruction of three major centres during Operation Sindoor, including the terror group’s headquarters complex, Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur.

The posts repeatedly used religious language to glorify those killed in the strikes and attempted to portray the destruction as a sacrifice in the path of religion.

One of the posts carried the headline “Maqam-e-Shahadat” (The status of martyrdom) and claimed that the “blood of martyrs” keeps religious movements alive. Another post titled “Aurtein bhi peeche nahin” (Women are not behind either) highlighted the role of JeM’s women’s wing, Jamaat-al-Mominaat.

According to the post, the women’s network carried out an aggressive outreach campaign in recent days. “In the last three days, Allah specially blessed the work of Al-Mominaat. Thousands of women received the message of religion and more than 2,200 women took membership in Al-Mominaat,” the message said.

The same propaganda material also referred to the aftermath of Operation Sindoor in Bahawalpur and claimed that despite the destruction of key centres, the organisation had resumed activity and expanded construction work linked to mosques and religious infrastructure.

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