ISI seeks Hamas help after Op Sindoor; Saudi, Pakistan, Turkey sign defence pact

Is Pakistan rebuilding its terror infrastructure with external support? Intelligence inputs accessed by India Today suggest Pakistan's ISI is seeking Hamas assistance to train LeT and JeM terrorists, focusing on compact weapons, urban assault tactics, online radicalisation and small terror cells after Operation Sindoor. At the same time, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey's Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, with its NATO-like collective-defence clause, is raising strategic questions for India. General Raj Shukla analyses whether this emerging military partnership should worry New Delhi, Turkey's expanding regional role, and the implications for India's security and its ties with Israel.