Jun 14, 2025 10:46 AM IST

IDF’s apology got here after a number of social media customers, principally Indians, flagged the error and urged the #Israeli army to retract the publish.

The #Israel Defence Forces has apologised for posting an incorrect map of India’s worldwide boundaries after social media backlash for wrongly exhibiting Jammu and #Kashmir underneath #Pakistani territory.The IDF admitted that the map “fails to precisely depict borders.”(IDF)

In its publish on X, the IDF admitted that the map “fails to precisely depict borders” however claimed it was solely an “illustration of the region”.

“This post is an illustration of the region. This map fails to precisely depict borders. We apologize for any offence caused by this image,” the IDF stated.

IDF’s apology got here after a number of social media customers, principally Indians, flagged the error and urged the #Israeli army to retract the publish. Some even tagged #Israeli Prime Minister #Benjamin Netanyahu.

Congress reacts to IDF’s publish

Reacting to the map, the Congress slammed the #Bharatiya Janata Party-led authorities, notably Prime Minister #Narendra Modi, over India’s international coverage.

Senior Congress chief Pawan Khera took to X, previously Twitter, to take a swipe at PM Modi, calling it a diplomatic embarrassment for him.

“Another day, one other feather in Vishwaguru’s cap. His ‘good friend’ exhibits ‘Jammu & #Kashmir as part of #Pakistan,’ he posted on X.

Modi and #Israeli Prime Minister #Benjamin Netanyahu share shut ties, which have been showcased by a number of high-profile visits, heat public gestures, and frequent reward for one another’s management.

Modi turned the primary Indian Prime Minister to go to #Israel in 2017, a symbolic second that broke many years of diplomatic hesitancy.

#Israel-#Iran assaults

After #Israel’s strikes, #Iran on Saturday morning launched a recent missile assault on #Israel, notably concentrating on its Northern area. Air-raid sirens had been activated throughout northern #Israel, and civilians had been urged to take shelter.

#Iran earlier launched over 100 drones towards #Israel in response to the in a single day #Israeli airstrikes that rocked #Iranian soil and killed a number of prime army officers, together with the chief of its Revolutionary Guards, #Hossein Salami, native media reported.

The recent escalation comes after #Israeli armed forces took #Iran abruptly and carried out a number of in a single day airstrikes, concentrating on #Iran’s nuclear and army websites underneath ‘Operation Rising Lion’.