Israel accidentally exposes Gaza military bases and widespread destruction on official map
Israel’s official public mapping service briefly published high-resolution satellite imagery revealing military installations and extensive destruction across northern Gaza - a rare lapse in the state’s tight control over wartime visuals.
The error on GovMap was noticed on Monday by an X account called @Stinky915846091, which is dedicated to open-source intelligence and frequently geolocates incidents in the Gaza Strip.
Since then, the Israeli government has resumed blurring all of Gaza on its official website.
GovMap has historically blurred the entire Gaza Strip, as well as military bases and other sensitive sites inside Israel and the occupied West Bank, making the brief appearance of unblurred imagery highly unusual.
