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Bomb threats outside the Israeli and US embassies in Buenos Aires

  • October 18, 2023
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Embassies Israel and from USA in Argentina they received this Wednesday bomb threatsmore than a week after violence escalated in the Middle East, according to EFE official sources.

Embassies Israel and from USA in Argentina they received this Wednesday bomb threatsmore than a week after violence escalated in the Middle East, according to EFE official sources.

Both embassies, one located in the center of Buenos Aires and the other in the Palermo area, are staffed by members of the Argentine Federal Police’s Explosive Affairs Unit and the Anti-Terrorism Investigation Unit (DUIA).

The threats were recorded after the armed wing Hamas intends to launch multiple attacks on Israel and the next day bombardment Arab Baptist Hospital Al Ahlilocated in the Gaza Strip.

Bombing of a hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Argentina remembers two terrorist attacks in the 1990s against Jewish interests: one on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992, which killed 29 people, and another on the Armenian-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) in 1994, which left 85 people died.

This South American country has largest Jewish population in Latin America and the fifth largest in the world, since, according to community sources, there are between 300 and 400 thousand Jews living in Argentina.

(according to information from EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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