Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed to some "creative tools" being used even in times of an active war, such as a dating app that shows “who's single even under fire”.
Taking to social media platform X, the Ministry pitched the idea for a 'bomb shelter dating app', ingrained with a bomb shelter tracker and a shower risk protector that helps people choose safer times to take a shower.
Only in Israel 🫶🏽
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) March 9, 2026
Missile sirens generate tech innovation 🇮🇱
💥Bomb shelter dating
💥Plan safe shower time
💥Sleep lost to sirens
Because even with chaos comes creativity✨ pic.twitter.com/9XO3eQDVt6
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The country's innovation comes at a time when it finds itself knee-deep in an armed conflict with Iran, and it has not gone down well with citizens of the internet.
"Man there's something deeply, fundamentally sick about you lot," said one user, while another called the initiative "gross" asking the Israeli regime to stop promoting it.
Man there's something deeply, fundamentally sick about you lot
— AJ 🇦🇺 (@AJ_Xtweets) March 9, 2026
"This is gross. People are dying. People are mourning. Don't do this," the user said.
This is gross. People are dying. People are mourning. Don't do this.
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) March 9, 2026
Yet others addressed the genocide in Gaza, saying that this was a mockery of genuine victims.
"This is a mockery of genuine victims of the gazans whose babies you kill, the people you flatten under your bulldozers, the journalists and civilians you bomb, and the hostages you r@pe," one user stated.
Hits were also taken at Israel's tendency to capitalise on every situation, regardless of how dire times are.
"Never beating the 'never let a crisis go to waste' allegations," stated one user.
Never beating the “never let a crisis go to waste” allegations.
— White Pill (@Wh1t3pill) March 9, 2026
"And that, folks, is what capitalism is about, making money out of suffering and war and calling it innovation and creativity," said another.
March 11 marked the 12th day of the US-Israel and Iran conflict, with no indication of de-escalation is visible from either ends. However, US President Donald Trump remarked that the war will soon come to an end as there is "practically" nothing left in Iran to target.
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