On April 7, 2026, three assailants opened fire on police outside the Israeli consulate building in Istanbul's Besiktas district, triggering a gunfight that killed one attacker and wounded two others while injuring two police officers. The attackers, including two brothers, traveled from Izmit in a rental car and had links to a group exploiting religion, with one having a prior drug record. No Israeli diplomats were present in the seventh-floor consulate at the time. Turkish officials launched investigations while Governor Davut Gul called it a provocative act, and analysts suggested the attack aimed to damage Turkey's regional prestige and diplomatic mediator role amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
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