Israel army apologises for map showing J&K as part of Pak, Northeast as Nepal

A day after the Israeli Defence Forces released a map illustrating the range of Iran’s missiles, which inaccurately depicted Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan and Northeast India as part of Nepal, the Israeli military issued an apology on Saturday, clarifying that the map was not intended to represent precise national borders.

The map, released amid the escalating military conflict between Israel and Iran, has drawn objections from India.

The IDF posted the map on Friday, saying that “Iran is a global threat” and “Israel is not the end goal, it’s only the beginning”. “We had no other choice but to act,” it added, referring to the military offensive. The map also included India within the range of Iran’s missile range.

Responding to an X post which flagged the inaccuracies, the IDF on Saturday said, “This post is an illustration of the region. This map fails to precisely depict borders. We apologise for any offence caused by this image”.

Apart from India, 15 countries — including Russia, Ukraine, China, and Sudan, among others — fall within the range of Iranian missiles, according to the map shared by the Israeli forces.