New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Operation Sindoor's first strike was conducted at 1 am on May 7 to avoid civilian casualties, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said in Ranchi on Thursday.

On May 7, India conducted a joint military strike - Operation Sindoor - targeting nine terror beds across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) - in retaliation to Pakistan's lethal terrorist attacks in Pahalgam on April 22.

CDS Chauhan's comments come nearly five months after the coveted operation. He made the comments during an address in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Thursday, September 18.

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