A smartphone game which challenges players to drop bombs on Gaza has appeared on the Google Play Store.
Bomb Gaza was published on the Google Play Store last week and to date has been downloaded between 500 and 1,000 times. The simple game has been published by development companyPLAYFTW and seems the player control a fighter jet and by tapping on the screen bombs are dropped on buildings and people below representing Gaza.
The game keeps account of the number of civilians you killed as well as the number of characters which are said to represent Hamas militants, and who are firing rockets at your jet.
The instructions for the game are sparse, challenging the player to “drop bombs and avoid killing civilians” with the new version adding “new Israel’s theme music”.
John Hilary, executive director at the anti-poverty charity War on Want, reacted to the game’s publications by saying:
“It is beyond belief that anyone could have come up with something so abhorrent at a time when Israel is engaged in a genocidal assault on the people of Gaza. Google Play must remove this app immediately, in line with its policies on hate speech and violence.”
However, Google has now removed Bomb Gaza from the Play Store. While it said it would not comment on specific cases, it said: “We remove apps from Google Play that violate our policies.”
Source: IBTimes
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