The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) issued an apology on X to Indians for sharing a post featuring an inaccurate map of India, which omitted Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and misrepresented Arunachal Pradesh.

India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) of its territory in the Aksai Chin Plateau, which India considers part of Ladakh, where the current faceoff is happening.

After India’s partition in 1947, the Indian-administered portion of Ladakh remained within Jammu and Kashmir until 2019, when it became part of the newly formed Ladakh union territory.

In 2023, India designated its first Dark Sky Reserve, in Hanle village, about 168 miles southeast of Leh, Ladakh’s capital. The village has roughly 270 clear nights a year, making it ideal for ...

In 2020, India and China were locked in deadly border skirmishes in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. Ladakh’s territory also includes Kargil, where India and Pakistan fought a bitter war in 1999.