The Israel-Gaza conflict, taking place in Gaza Strip and southern Israel, is a consequence of long- term Israel-Palestinian conflict. As per the Gaza officials- more than 1,831 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed and about 3,000 Palestinian homes have been destroyed or damaged since the offensive began.
And in this period of huge outrage and outbreak, launching of a game 'Bomb Gaza', developed by PlayFTW, may result into discontentment among the public.
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| Bomb Gaza game in Play Store.
Bomb Gaza, a mobile game that simulates Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and invites users to "drop bombs and avoid killing civilians", has been removed from the Play Store. But is still available on Facebook. In this game, players drop bombs from a fighter jet while dodging missiles from Hamas fighters in black and green masks.
The game encountered outraged comments on Google app store review page as well as on Facebook which are as follows:
"You disgust me," Saj Ishaq wrote on PlayFTW's public Facebook page.
"Please take this off the Play store. It is offensive and I am really let down that Google actually allowed this. If this game isn't removed I'm starting a Google boycott," Oma Al, a user, wrote on the game's review page.
Google Play has rules that prohibit content that amounts to hate speech, bullying and violence and lets users flag abusive content. As the game was violating some policies of Google, so, it was pulled from app store after backlash.
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Source: TOI
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