3 gunmen open fire outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul, dubbed 'terrorists' by Turkish official

A gunfight with constabulary extracurricular the Israeli consulate successful Istanbul, Turkey, near 1 attacker dead, 2 others injured and 2 constabulary officers sustaining insignificant injuries.

The equipped attackers had ties to an activistic radical that "exploits religion," according to Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci connected X.

"The identities of the terrorists person been identified," helium wrote successful a station translated by X. "It has been determined that the individuals, who arrived successful Istanbul by a rental conveyance from Izmit, see 1 with ties to an enactment that exploits religion; and it has besides been established that 1 of the 2 terrorists, who are brothers, has a cause record."

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A plainclothes constabulary serviceman holds a weapon aft gunfire was reported adjacent the gathering lodging the Israeli consulate successful Istanbul, Turkey, connected April 7, 2026. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

U.S. ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack condemned the onslaught and praised Turkish authorities.

"The United States condemns successful the strongest presumption today’s onslaught connected the Israeli Consulate successful Istanbul," Barrack wrote connected X. "Attacks connected diplomatic missions are attacks connected the planetary bid — and an battle connected the principles that hindrance nations together. We commend Türkiye and Turkish information forces for their swift and decisive response."

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Police officers pulled retired guns and took screen arsenic shots rang retired for astatine slightest 10 minutes adjacent a imperishable information checkpoint adjacent the Israeli consulate successful Istanbul. One idiosyncratic was seen covered successful humor amid the solid towers successful the bosom of the city's main fiscal district.

Footage obtained by Reuters showed an evident attacker, successful a acheronian apical and carrying a backpack, moving among parked achromatic constabulary and information buses and firing, with an automatic firearm and a handgun.

Two bodies laic connected adjacent streets and parking areas, adjacent grassy areas.

Turkish Police peculiar forces basal defender adjacent the Israeli consulate gathering successful Istanbul, Turkey, aft gunfire was reported connected April 7, 2026. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)

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Two constabulary officers were lightly wounded successful the attack, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul told reporters astatine the scene.

He said determination had been nary Israeli diplomatic unit astatine the consulate for 2-1/2 years, since the Hamas-Israel warfare began successful 2023, starring to a heavy chill successful Turkish-Israeli diplomatic ties.

The Israeli overseas ministry confirmed determination were nary unit astatine the consulate astatine the clip of the shootings.

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The incidental occurred adjacent to a large motorway conscionable aft midday, instantly extracurricular the operation wherever the Israeli consulate is located. The gunfire echoed wrong adjacent slope headquarters, wherever thousands of workers were breaking for lunch.

Turkey, a fierce professional of Israel's subject operations successful Gaza, had recalled its ambassador from Israel successful November 2023 and diplomatic relations person been efficaciously frozen since then.

Turkish Police peculiar forces locomotion adjacent the gathering lodging the Israeli consulate successful Istanbul, Turkey, aft gunfire was heard connected April 7, 2026. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

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At the aforesaid clip that year, Israeli diplomats near Turkey owed to information concerns aft pro-Palestinian protests erupted crossed the state and successful beforehand of the consulate. Since then, a heavy equipped constabulary beingness has been maintained successful the country adjacent the consulate.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.