Google Maps and Waze suspend live traffic updates in Israel and Gaza in effort that could help prevent live-tracking troop movements

• Google has suspended live traffic updates in Israel and Gaza amid the war.
• The move could help prevent the live-tracking of on-the-ground military movements.
• Google Maps also suspended live traffic updates in Ukraine in 2022 amid Russia's invasion.

Google has stopped live traffic updates in Israel and the Gaza Strip amid the war, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Insider on Tuesday.

This change was done at the request of the Israel Defense Forces, Bloomberg reported, and impacts both Google Maps and Waze.