{"id":4164,"date":"2025-04-17T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:04:48","slug":"four-militants-killed-one-soldier-martyred-in-dera-ismail-khan-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4164","title":{"rendered":"Four militants killed, one soldier martyred in Dera Ismail Khan: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Security forces killed four terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan District, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, launched on April 16, followed confirmed intelligence about the presence of militants in the region. A fierce exchange of fire ensued, resulting in the deaths of all four terrorists, who were reportedly linked to multiple attacks in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the site, according to the ISPR.<\/p>\n<p>During the firefight, Sepoy Basit Siddique, 23, from Attock District, embraced martyrdom. The ISPR praised his bravery, stating, \u201cHaving fought gallantly, [he] paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A sanitisation operation is currently underway to eliminate any remaining threats in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country, and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces killed four terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan District, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. The operation, launched on April 16, followed confirmed intelligence about the presence of militants in the region. A fierce exchange of fire ensued, resulting in the deaths of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}