Last week marked 21 years since the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The attack, committed by the terror organization Hezbollah, was the largest in Argentina’s history and claimed the lives of 85 people.
This incident was not the only time Hezbollah extended its destructive force to implement its terrorist ideology. Below are some of the deadliest terror attacks the terror organization perpetrated across the world.
March 17, 1992
Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, Buenos Aires. At 2:42 pm, a car packed with explosives drove to the front of the Israeli Embassy. The embassy, a church and another building were all destroyed by the explosion. 29 people were killed, among them 25 Argentineans and 4 Israelis. 242 people were injured.
July 18, 1994
Bombing of the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 9:53 am, a van loaded with 275 kgs of explosives smashed into the Jewish Community Center building. The explosion destroyed the building entirely, killing 85 people and injuring 300.
July 18, 2012
Burgas Bus Bombing, Burgas International Airport, Bulgaria. 151 Israeli tourists had just landed in the country and boarded the buses that were to take them to their hotels. Suddenly, one of the buses exploded when a suicide bomber detonated his bomb. 6 people were killed – 5 Israelis and 1 Bulgarian, and 36 were injured.
These most recent exhibits of brutal violence serve as undeniable proof: Hezbollah has grown and replenished over the years, executing terror against civilians worldwide. Their indiscriminate violence could strike anyone, anywhere, anytime. May the victims’ memory be a blessing.
Buenos aires, July 18 1994 – 10 av 54 (day after tisha b’av). I was a little kid 7 years old. We where In middle of the winter vacation (yes, winter there at this time of the year) so we didn’t go to school but we had a program for kids in the “Ezra” (the anash shul at the moment) that is located few blocks away from the AMIA (like the JCC here). At about 10am when we where finishing davening we suddenly heard a huge blast (!) and all the building shakes for like 20 seconds lights went off… Read more »
TORONTO – University & Dundas Be there Iran must be stopped
Hezbullah is an arm of Iran, who our govt is bending over backwards to appease. This is an impt point to mention, for what it’s worth everyone should contact their congress people to oppose Obama’s dangerous sellout.
….AND OUR PRESIDENT JUST CAPITULATED TO THEM!!
MOSHIACH NOW!!
I was in school the day of the AMIA atack, about 10 blocks away from the building. I was 12 years old. That day we left school early. We were watching through our window people running on the streets. A lot of older people went to help to remove the building rubble. It was terrible.
Im form Argentina. We need Moshiach.