How Gaza war is setting up Israeli and Lebanese dating app users

Military GPS jamming is causing geolocation mismatches and having a 'surprising' side effect

Photo collage of two dating app profiles on top of a photo of Lebanese countryside being bombed by Israeli army
Despite the conflict that rages on between the two countries, Lebanese and Israeli citizens are coming into contact in an unexpected way
(Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images)

Amid the violence that has exploded since Hamas' attacks in October last year, dating app users in Israel and Lebanon appear to be witnessing a Shakespearean twist to the tragedies all around them.

The two countries are "on the brink of war", said The National, but residents are reporting that apps are increasingly showing them potential matches with residents from the other side of the border. More than 60% of Tinder profiles in Lebanon in February were Israeli, said L'Orient-Le Jour.

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