The deletion of place names, roads, business labels, etc throughout the southern half of Lebanon suggests that there's basically no way ignorance is involved.
You can 100% delete those without needing to update map data, my statement still stands, there's plenty of mainstream news sources that confirm that Apple has not updated their mapping data for the region since at least 2023. Google updated theirs in 2026 and one news org immediately compared Google Maps in the region vs Apple Maps in the region: