Revision History

Three gunmen with suspected ISIS ties attacked the building housing Israel's consulate in Istanbul on April 7, 2026, triggering a gunfight that left one attacker dead and two captured, with two Turkish police officers lightly injured. The consulate has been closed and unstaffed by Israeli diplomats for over two years amid the collapse of Turkish-Israeli relations following the Gaza war, making the assault both a security incident and a symbol of the diplomatic vacuum between the two countries.