Bombing of Israeli Embassy in Argentina
On the afternoon of March 17, 1992, a suicide bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the Israeli embassy in the heart of Buenos Aires. The embassy and a neighboring church and school were destroyed, leaving 26 people dead and hundreds injured. Islamic Jihad was quick to claim responsibility, releasing a statement that read, "Our open battle with the criminal Zionist enemy requires our continuous presence in the battlegrounds of holy war and confrontation."
Subsequent investigations into the incident have yielded little clarity. In 1999, the Argentine government put out a warrant for Mughniyeh’s arrest -- linking him to both the embassy attack and the subsequent bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. In 2003, an Argentine judge indicted four Iranian officials, accusing Tehran of complicity with Hezbollah in both attacks.
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