“I was in the Negev and found myself in Alexandria.” A severe glitch in the GPS system in Israel

A number of Israelis complained of a severe malfunction in the navigation systems, as one of them confirmed that he intended to go to Neve Zeev in the Negev, but he found the system directing him to the city of Alexandria in Egypt.

Israeli media said that this came in light of fears of an Iranian reaction against Israel to the liquidation of senior officials and the threats made by Tehran recently.

The Hebrew media explained that due to this extreme fear, severe disturbances occurred in GPS navigation systems in Israel.

Israeli media revealed that for the first time a malfunction of this kind had occurred in GPS systems in Beersheba and other settlements in the Negev.

Israeli security sources confirmed that the aim of these disturbances is to disrupt the navigation systems of Iranian drones and cruise missiles of Iranian-affiliated militias in the region.

Drivers in Beersheba, as well as users of GPS-based applications, were surprised Thursday when they were in one of the "Cairo neighborhoods."

One of the Israelis said: I found myself near a “kebab and kofta” restaurant in a popular neighborhood in Egypt.

The Israeli news website br7news explained that the disruption of the Global Positioning System (GPS) comes due to fear of Iranian retaliation after the assassination of senior officials in Damascus, including the official who was commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard in Syria and Lebanon.

Following the assassination, fears were raised of Iranian retaliation in the near future, in Israel or against an Israeli or Jewish target abroad, and a state of high alert was declared in all Israeli embassies around the world, and the Israeli army spokesman announced yesterday, Wednesday, that it had been decided to increase and recruit reserve soldiers. In the air defense system.