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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

1994 Buenos Aires bombing

Firemen and policemen search for wounded people after a bomb exploded at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA in Spanish) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 1994. (Ali Burafi/AFP)
June 15, 2024, 2:49 pm
Court: Argentina failed to prevent or properly probe 1994 Jewish center bombing
Top human rights court says Buenos Aires also tried to cover up and obstruct the investigation into the AMIA attack that killed 85 people
By Alberto PEÑA
A man walks over the rubble left after of the Argentinian Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires after it was targeted in a deadly bombing, July 18, 1994 (Ali Burafi/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 6:37 am
Argentina court blames Iran for 1990s terror attacks on Israeli embassy, AMIA center
Branding Islamic Republic a ‘terrorist state,’ ruling says Hezbollah carried out deadly bombings on Tehran’s orders, calls 1994 bombing of Jewish center a crime against humanity
By AFP
Sandra Miasnik, right, an aunt of Argentine-Israeli infant Kfir Bibas, a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, attends a gathering one day before his first birthday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 17, 2024. (Gustavo Garello/AP)
March 1, 2024, 6:40 am
For Argentina’s Jews, October 7 revives nightmare of 1994 AMIA terror bombing
Hamas attack also unleashes familiar feelings of grief and fear for Jewish community members whose relatives were taken hostage or killed
By AP
A man walks by a mural covered with names and photographs of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center on the 19th anniversary of the terror attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)
July 22, 2022, 10:26 pm
Mossad finds Iran didn’t play ‘on the ground’ role in Hezbollah’s Argentina bombings
Tehran trained terrorists but its agents weren’t directly involved, says Mossad probe reported by NYT; Hezbollah hid explosives in chocolate, shampoo bottles on flights from Europe
By ToI Staff
Relatives of victims of a bomb attack at the Jewish community center of the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) that killed 85 people and injured 300, hold photos during its 28th anniversary, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 2022. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
July 19, 2022, 3:07 pm
On anniversary of AMIA and Burgas bombings, US urges global front against Hezbollah
At memorial for deadly 1994 Buenos Aires bombing, Jewish leader says that 28 years later, probe into grounded Iranian-Venezuelan plane shows Argentina still letting in terrorists
By ToI Staff
The aftermath of the bombing at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 1994. (AFP)
October 8, 2021, 10:39 am
Argentina court drops Jewish center bombing cover-up claim against ex-president
Court dismisses late prosecutor Nisman’s claim against now VP Fernández de Kirchner, says Argentina-Iran deal for probe into 1994 AMIA terror attack ‘did not constitute a crime’
By Agencies
People hold signs during the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the death of the special prosecutor in the AMIA case, Alberto Nisman, on January 18, 2020, in Buenos Aires. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP)
January 19, 2020, 9:28 am
Argentines rally to remember prosecutor killed while probing AMIA attack
Some 3,000 attend demonstration in Buenos Aires; Nisman led the investigation into presidential cover-up of 1994 bombing of Jewish community center that left 85 dead, 300 wounded
By AFP and ToI Staff
This 1995 file photo shows Moshen Rabbani, former cultural attache in the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/La Nacion, File)
January 10, 2020, 11:42 pm
Iranian accused in AMIA attack floats conspiracy theories on prosecutor’s murder
Moshen Rabbani again denies orchestrating 1994 Jewish center bombing in Argentina that left 85 dead, puts forward different claims concerning Alberto Nisman’s death
By Almudena Calatrava
Hezbollah operative Salman Raouf Salman, suspected of masterminding the 1994 AMIA bombings in Argentina (Interpol)
July 19, 2019, 6:45 pm
US sanctions suspected Hezbollah mastermind behind 1994 attack in Argentina
25 years after Jewish center bombing, Treasury Department says Salman Raouf Salman remains a threat; State Department offers $7 million reward for info on his location
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Firemen and civilians walk over the rubble left after a bomb exploded at the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 1994. (Ali Burafi/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
July 18, 2019, 9:05 pm
US senators push resolution to help Argentina probe 1994 Jewish center bombing
On 25th anniversary, bipartisan group calls for US to recommit to investigation on AMIA attack long blamed on Iran but whose perpetrators haven’t been caught
By Josefin Dolsten
Hezbollah supporters take part in a rally to mark al-Quds day in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 17, 2019, 9:58 pm
Argentina moves toward designating Hezbollah a terror group
Buenos Aires announces creation of blacklist, on which the armed Lebanese group will be placed, day before 25th anniversary of AMIA bombing
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Police stand outside the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
March 17, 2019, 6:46 am
Iranians arrested in Buenos Aires with poorly forged Israeli passports
Authorities in Argentina said to raise alert level after catching pair traveling on documents riddled with Hebrew mistakes, note proximity to embassy bombing anniversary
By ToI Staff
Argentinian security forces hold a drill near the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, February 3, 2018 (Argentine Police)
February 4, 2019, 8:38 pm
Argentine forces stage massive drill at Israeli embassy, without warning locals
Hundreds of police, military descend on Buenos Aires compound, alarming residents with unannounced hostage-taking scenario
By ToI Staff
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
September 27, 2018, 6:15 am
Argentine leader asks UN to remember bombings on Jewish sites
Mauricio Macri also urges Iran to cooperate in investigation of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center terror attack, which killed 85 and injured hundreds
By JTA
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
July 11, 2018, 11:04 pm
Argentina asks Russia to arrest Iran official over 1994 Jewish center bombing
Senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, in Moscow for meetings with Putin, already has an international warrant against him on suspicion of ordering deadly terror attack
By JTA
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