AMIA bombing

Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

The US sanctioned Vahidi for his role as then-interior minister in clamping down on the protests after Mahsa Amini's death in 2022. He was also head of the Quds Force in 1994 during the AMIA attack.

|ByJAMES GENN
Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.
Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025.

Milei to UN: Free Gaza hostages now, remember AMIA and embassy bombings

“In Argentina we already suffered this horror with the attacks on the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA in 1992 and 1994," Milei told the UN General Assembly.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994.

On this day in history: Hezbollah terror cell bombs AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina's AMIA building was bombed by terrorists 31 years ago today. The attack and the absence of real justice to this day are still open wounds in Argentina.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People hold pictures of victims during a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing attack, Buenos Aires, July 18, 2024.

Argentine judge orders AMIA bombing suspects tried in absentia

Until now, Argentina’s justice system did not allow trials in the absence of the accused in serious criminal cases such as this one.

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA

Standing with AMIA on the Fast of Av

The destruction of the Temple brought with it exile not only from our land and centralized place of worship, but from one another. We have done little to rectify this situation.

AUGUST 12, 2019ByMIKEY STEIN
MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack

U.S. sanctions Hezbollah operative behind AMIA bombing

Prior to the 2001 attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the terrorist group Hezbollah was responsible for the most American deaths, the Treasury said.

JULY 21, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A memorial to the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing

Latin American Jews still don’t have justice after the AMIA massacre

Despite years of activity and rhetoric, justice has not been achieved for the victims, their families and Latin American Jewry — 85 people were killed and 300 injured.

JULY 17, 2019BySHARON NAZARIAN/JTA
A memorial to the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing

Rescued twice: The archive that survived the Holocaust and the AMIA attack

But the back part, which hosted the library and archives, was still standing, the building’s entrails exposed to the rain and wind.

JULY 17, 2019ByALAN GRABINSKY
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 file photo

All the tributes planned for anniversary of the AMIA Jewish center bombing

Here are many of the tributes that will take place (or have already taken place recently) across Argentina and the world.

JULY 17, 2019ByJTA
A memorial to the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing

U.S. House of Representatives passes resolution commemorating AMIA bombing

Eighty-five innocent people were killed and scores more wounded when the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association was bombed in Buenos Aires in 1994.

JULY 17, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
RESCUE WORKERS search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 photo

A unique monument pays tribute to the victims of the AMIA bombing

A suicide bomber drove his explosives-loaded van into the building of the Jewish Community (AMIA-Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina), killing 85 people and injuring hundreds.

JULY 16, 2019ByEDUARDO EURNEKIAN
MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack

Pope Francis sends letter to Jewish group on AMIA bombing anniversary

“Since the first day, my heart has been with the relatives of the victims, Jews or Christians,” wrote the pope, who was born in Argentina as Francisco Bergoglio.

JULY 14, 2019ByJTA
RESCUE WORKERS search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 photo

Argentina to designate Hezbollah as terror group - Report

According to La Nacion, Argentinian President Mauricio Macri asked his government to find the most rapid solution to include the Iranian—backed group in the list of terror organizations.

JULY 14, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
RESCUE WORKERS search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 photo

How the AMIA attack changed Latin American Jewry forever

"In spite of how far they were from the Middle Eastern conflict, the tragedy placed them firmly within its orbit."

JULY 10, 2019ByILAN STAVANS/JTA
A memorial to the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing