{"id":46710,"date":"2026-04-07T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46710"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:04:27","slug":"one-attacker-dead-two-injured-in-gunfight-outside-israeli-consulate-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46710","title":{"rendered":"One attacker dead, two injured in gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in \u200ban extended gun battle with police outside the building housing the Israeli \u200cconsulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to authorities and Reuters witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers pulled out guns and took cover as shots rang out for at least 10 minutes near a permanent security checkpoint. One \u200bperson was seen covered in blood amid the glass towers in the heart \u200bof the city&#8217;s main financial district.<\/p>\n<p>Footage obtained by Reuters showed an apparent \u2060attacker, in a dark top and carrying a backpack, moving among parked white \u200bpolice and security buses and firing with an automatic rifle and a handgun.<\/p>\n<p>Two bodies lay \u200bon nearby streets and parking areas, near grassy areas.<\/p>\n<p>The three attackers had links to an organisation that \u201cexploits religion\u201d, Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said, adding that two of them were brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Two police officers were lightly \u200bwounded in the attack, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul told reporters at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Police&#8217;s special forces work at the scene, after gunfire was heard near the building housing the Israeli consulate, according to a witness, in Istanbul, Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>He said \u200bthere had been no Israeli diplomatic staff at the consulate for 2-1\/2 years, since the\u00a0Hamas-Israel war\u00a0began \u200cin \u20602023, leading to a deep chill in Turkish-Israeli diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred next to a major motorway just after midday, immediately outside the tower where the Israeli consulate is located. The gunfire echoed inside nearby bank headquarters, where thousands of workers were breaking \u200bfor lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey, a fierce \u200bcritic of Israel&#8217;s military \u2060operations in Gaza, had recalled its ambassador from Israel in November 2023 and diplomatic relations have been effectively frozen since then.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0Trump warns Iran can be taken out in one night, says it &#8216;might be tomorrow night&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>At \u200bthe same time that year, Israeli diplomats left Turkey due to \u200bsecurity concerns \u2060after pro-Palestinian protests erupted across the country and in front of the consulate. Since then, a heavily armed police presence has been maintained in the area near the consulate.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli foreign \u2060ministry \u200bconfirmed there were no staff at the consulate at \u200bthe time of the shootings.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in \u200ban extended gun battle with police outside the building housing the Israeli \u200cconsulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to authorities and Reuters witnesses. Police officers pulled out guns and took cover as shots rang out for at least 10 minutes near a permanent security checkpoint. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}