Photo Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
The IDF is warning its soldiers – and not for the first time – not to rely on GPS apps when driving from one location to another.
Many places in Israel and the Palestinian Authority have the same, or similar names, military officials note.
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Soldiers were also reminded to keep their weapons with them, especially after nightfall.
The warning comes after two female paratroop soldiers were headed to their base this week and took a wrong turn due to erroneous directions on a GPS app.
They ended up in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Tulkarem, a few miles east of Netanya – and barely made it out alive.
Both women were injured in the stoning attack that followed, and had to be rescued by local police and defense ministry officials.
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