Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met Tuesday with 12 local staff who survived the 1992 Hezbollah-linked attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. Sa'ar stated that the attack's planning and initiation were carried out by Iran and Hezbollah. The meeting comes as Argentina's legal breakthrough designated the bombing a crime against humanity and blamed both Iran and Hezbollah, according to a statement from Sa'ar's office.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem with 12 local staff members who survived the 1992 Hezbollah-orchestrated bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people and wounded over 240. Sa'ar directly attributed the attack's planning and execution to Iran and Hezbollah: "The initiative and planning were by Iran and Hezbollah," he told the survivors.
The meeting coincides with a significant legal development in Argentina, where a court recently classified the 1992 bombing as a crime against humanity and formally assigned responsibility to Iran and the Lebanese terror group. The designation opens the door for broader prosecution and international cooperation.
The survivors' delegation is visiting Israel at the Foreign Ministry's invitation. The meeting underscores Israel's ongoing diplomatic push to keep international attention on Iran and Hezbollah's longstanding regional terror network. Sa'ar has in recent weeks also met with counterparts from Japan and Lithuania to discuss Iranian threats and Hezbollah's operations near the border.
As The Zioneer has reported, Hezbollah's attacks against Israel have been linked directly to Iranian strategic interests, including an attempt to derail U.S.-Iran negotiations in June. The survivors' visit reinforces Jerusalem's narrative of a single, Iran-directed axis of proxy warfare that spans decades and continents.
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