Tel Aviv GPS Scrambled as Israel Awaits Iran Revenge Attack
- Apps place central Israel residents in Beirut, Lebanon capital
- Disruption affects navigational, transportation, food apps
Tel Aviv.
Photographer: Corinna Kern/BloombergIsrael scrambled navigational signals over the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Thursday as the country prepared for a potential Iranian attack on the economic center.
Traffic was delayed, food delivery disrupted and transportation applications showed Tel Aviv residents to be in Beirut, Lebanon. The measures were taken by Israeli officials to disrupt GPS-navigated drones or missiles that Iran or its proxies might fire at the country.