Israel Apologises to India for Map Depicting J&K as Part of Pakistan

Firstpost News

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Amid tensions with Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared a map that depicted the ‘global threat’ of Iranian missiles. However, the map incorrectly depicted India’s international boundaries and showed Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan, and placed the states of the northeast within Nepal. While the IDF later apologised for the blunder, it left Indians fuming

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Jerusalem: The Israeli military on Saturday apologised for posting a map that incorrectly depicted Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan after objections from Indian social media users, clarifying that the image “fails to precisely depict borders”. The map was posted by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on their X handle on Friday to show the range of Iranian missiles. The post quickly drew criticism from social media users in India.  Also ReadIs…

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Israeli Military apologises for wrong map

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Facing strong backlash from Indian users, some of whom tagged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the IDF admitted the error. “This map fails to precisely depict borders. We apologise for any offense caused,” the Israeli military responded, roughly 90 minutes after the original post.