Protests in Tel Aviv turned violent, with clashes, road blockages, and police using sound-wave systems by accident.

"Zahedi was a very senior person who can be said to have given Israel a lot of headaches in the last twenty years for all his exploits in his involvement in terrorism," Hezi Simantov said.

A Turkish diplomat said President Erdogan was attacking Israel due to "political considerations in the local elections in Turkey."

Sullivan and Blinken met Israeli officials virtually on Rafah, with talks of a rescheduled Netanyahu Washington trip due to Gaza humanitarian concerns.

Israel has long targeted Iran's military installations in Syria and those of its proxies, but Monday's attack was the first time it apparently hit the vast embassy compound itself.

Malka said that Netanyahu, along with key IDF and other defense officials, held significant responsibility for the October 7 failures. 

Israeli media reported on Saturday that Avitan was an associate of an Israeli criminal syndicate who had been en route to assassinate a member of a rival crime family.

Initial probe results of IDF attack on three trucks to come out within days