### The attack that crossed a line
On 7 April 2026, three gunmen opened fire on the building housing Israel's consulate in Istanbul [1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]. One attacker was killed, two were neutralised, and two Turkish police officers were injured [1, 9]. Both Turkey and Israel swiftly declared it an act of terrorism [1, 12]. The United States condemned what it called an "attack on international order" [8]. Within days, Turkish authorities had detained nine suspects [6]; that number would balloon to nearly 200 [7, 14].