"DAMASCUS, April 1 (Reuters) - Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers, including three senior commanders, marking a major escalation in Israel's war with its regional adversaries."

Consulate in nothing but word. That was an IRGC command centre.

That's beside the point. Embassy land is internationally viewed as sovereign soil of the foreign country within the host country. Dropping a bomb on it is akin to bombing an IRGC command center in Iran national boundaries. This is the precedence majority of world has followed even during WWII era.

Wrong, that's just a myth. The attack was still on syrian soil.

feel free to link the paragraph in international law you're referring to.

I agree. But its right to point out that if you take a school and kick out all the children then start firing rockets from the building, its no longer a school in anything but word.

Sure, that may be the case from Israel/US intelligence perspective but the site still recognized as a diplomatic location internationally. The concern is where the change in precedence will lead. Iran responded aggressively but ineffective. That does not change the precedence that diplomatic sites may be on the table for military targeting now. Well, theyve been hit by mobs and proxy groups, not so much by state govs.

If schools, hospitals, diplomatic sites are fair game we pretty far up the ladder.

This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Apr 23 2024 12:34pm

I honestly don't think its a change in precedence from Israel's perspective. Firstly because essentially Israel and Iran are at war, by proxy and by forms of espionage and now even kinetically. And secondly because Israel would argue they didn't flatten the entire embassy/consulate for the sake of it. They targeted the IRGC commanders who were using the "consulate" to organise efforts against Israel.

Not saying that I agree with Israels actions but I can see their perspective. I can also see that the internationally norm is not to do that type of thing.