The Israeli navy on Saturday apologised for posting a map that incorrectly depicted Jammu and Kashmir as a part of Pakistan after objections from Indian social media customers, clarifying that the picture “fails to exactly depict borders”.
The map was posted by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on their X deal with on Friday to indicate the vary of Iranian missiles. The publish rapidly drew criticism from social media customers in India.
“Now you perceive why India stays impartial. In diplomacy, nobody’s actually your pal,” one consumer commented on X.
In response, the IDF admitted that the map “fails to exactly depict borders”.
“This publish is an illustration of the area. This map fails to exactly depict borders. We apologize for any offense brought on by this picture,” IDF stated on X.
“Iran is a worldwide menace. Israel just isn’t the tip purpose, it’s solely the start. We had no different alternative however to behave,” the IDF earlier posted together with the wrong map, justifying the launch of Operation Rising Lion in opposition to Iran.
The Israeli Air Power additionally posted a brief video carrying an identical map, displaying the vary of the Iranian missiles.
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In response to the controversy, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar on X described the map as “unhealthy unintended” infographics.
He stated he had already requested to get the map eliminated/mounted.
India has persistently maintained that Jammu and Kashmir, together with Ladakh, is an integral a part of the nation.