Israel's strike on a working synagogue in central Tehran is drawing accusations that the goal was to scare Iran's Jews into leaving, a charge that cuts at Israel's case for the war.

• A 50-year-old active synagogue in central Tehran was hit, a target with no obvious military value.
• Iran still has a Jewish community of about 10,000 people, recognized as a protected minority under its constitution.
• Critics say that community is inconvenient for Israel because it undercuts the claim that Jews cannot live safely in the Muslim world.
• The parallel being drawn is Iraq in the 1950s, when bombings of Jewish sites in Baghdad were blamed on Zionist operatives and helped push Iraqi Jews to emigrate.

Outlook: Expect the strike to become a flashpoint in the propaganda fight over the Iran war, with pressure on Israel to explain the target.