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In reply to the discussion: FACT - Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy and killed people [View all]Steven Maurer
(476 posts)Israel killed the Iranian general in Syria, the one responsible for dozens of Iranian-coordinated attacks against Israel for months. So are you suggesting that Israel should just pretend Iran hasn't been attacking it's civilians, because they're using proxies? Let the nation and general responsible for those attacks do so with no blowback? The ones who started this were the leaders of Iran, and killing the top coordinating general, was just about the least provocative action Israel could do.
Also, consulates being "sovereign territory" is a courtesy, not actual international law.
While it's understood that you should not screw around with consulates or embassies, the other side of that agreement is that you do not run military operations out of them either. So if you try to kill people out of a supposed safe zone, don't go crying when that safe zone is eventually no longer treated as safe.
That same logic applies to hospitals too, by the way. As soon as you start using them for your offensive operations, the hospital loses its special protective status.