Israel military issues apology over wrong map of India following online backlash
New Delhi: Israel’s Defence Forces (IDF) have apologised for posting an incorrect map of India. The country’s military put out a post on ‘X’ which wrongly showed Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan. Later on however, the IDF put out a post clarifying that the map might not have accurately depicted the borders.
Taking to social media platform ‘X’ to clarify the earlier post, IDF wrote, “This post is an illustration of the region. This map fails to precisely depict borders. We apologize for any offense caused by this image.”
The apology followed severe online backlash by Indian users, who pointed out the mistake in the map. Indians were furious over Jammu and Kashmir, being shown as part of Pakistan. Several netizens also tagged Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the post.
Apart from replying to their earlier post, the Israeli military also responded to an Indian........
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