Israel Admits Striking Synagogue in Tehran, Calls It 'Collateral Damage'
Source: MEDIAite
Apr 7th, 2026, 6:47 pm
Israels military admitted on Tuesday to collateral damage taken by a synagogue in Tehran after Iran accused the country of destroying the place of worship. Iranian media reported on Tuesday that heavy damage was inflicted on a Tehran synagogue in an overnight airstrike targeting an Iranian military leader.
Reports were received that a nearby synagogue was also damaged in the strike. The IDF regrets the collateral damage to the synagogue and emphasizes that the strike was directed at a senior military target within the regimes armed forces, the IDF said in a statement about the strike. The strike is still reportedly under review and the IDF said it took measures to avoid civilian casualties. Video verified by the News Corp-owned Storyful showed a Jewish leader walking amongst the rubble of the synagogue.
Iranian media claimed the synagogue was targeted deliberately, something an Israeli official denied in a statement to the Times of Israel. Israel doesnt target synagogues. Anyone claiming otherwise thinks youre gullible, the official said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office also responded to the strike and collateral damage. Iran is firing missiles at civilians, Israel is striking terror infrastructure. Missiles on civilians versus precision strikes on terror targets. Thats the difference, they said.
Homayoun Sameh, a Jewish representative in the Iranian Parliament, blasted Israel over the strike. Unfortunately, during the Jewish holidays, the Israeli entity targeted us and did not even spare Jews in Iran, as it struck one of our old and sacred synagogues, he said.
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2naSalit
(103,011 posts)JBTaurus83
(1,457 posts)They have the most sophisticated tech in the world and can hit their exact targets any other time they want to. It probably wasnt a mistake, the small Jewish population in Iran either isnt Zionist or isnt allowed to be Zionist, so that doesnt align with Bibi.
How do you avoid civilian casualties when the target is located in a residential area? Looking at the video this was a direct hit, was the target walking near the synagogue, in a residential area?
Just more IDF lies...they couldn't tell the truth if their existence depended on it!!!
wolfie001
(7,722 posts)That country is being run by a butcher just as bad as the fat orange imbecile. Same shit.
mdbl
(8,699 posts)ForgoTheConsequence
(5,193 posts)Double standard for right wing religious nationalists, I suppose.