AMIA bombing

AMIA bombing victims remembered as Argentina marks 32 years without justice

The attack killed 85 people and wounded over 300 when a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated outside the Jewish community center.

|ByGADI ZAIG
The AMIA building, the Argentinian and Israeli flags woven with names of all the victims of the 1994 bombing.
The 32nd anniversary gathering to memorialize the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, July 17, 2026.

Argentinian Jews turn a World Cup chant into a call for justice 32 years after the AMIA bombing

Argentina’s Jewish community marked 32 years since the deadly AMIA bombing with a World Cup-inspired campaign, as leaders pressed for faster trials of Iranian and Hezbollah suspects.

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
People hold images of the victims of the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) community centre, marking the 31st anniversary of the attack, in Buenos Aires, Argentina July 18, 2025

32 years later, Iran must still be held to account for AMIA bombing

"As we commemorate the anniversary of this evil visited upon innocents, we resolve to keep fighting for the justice that is rightfully theirs."

|BySHAY SALAMON, COMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Argentine President Javier Milley and Yair Horn on July 17.

Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage Iair Horn at memorial cermeony for AMIA attack

The brief interaction preceded a ceremony marking 32 years since the suicide bombing attack on AMIA, a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, as Milei holds steady on condemning the IRGC.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN, ELI LEON

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

Musical Kaddish to be performed for AMIA Jewish center bombing victims

“The Colon theatre opens its doors to receive the most breathtaking show of recent times,” reads the official webpage of the opera house.

JULY 8, 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

Ex-Argentine president involved in JCC bombing running in elections -report

Kirchner has been indicted over accusations that she covered up the alleged involvement of senior Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

FEBRUARY 1, 2019ByREUTERS, JTA
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994

AMIA victims cry out for justice

Immediately after the bombing, I traveled to Argentina and met with Menem privately. I became convinced that he was participating in a cover-up.

JULY 26, 2018ByAVI WEISS
DATE IMPORTED: July 18, 2013 Thousands of people hold up signs reading, "Justice" as they gather to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires July 18, 2013.

Kirchner to go on trial for allegedly covering up AMIA Jewish center bombing

The attack on the AMIA center killed 85 and left hundreds wounded. Iran has denied any involvement.

MARCH 7, 2018ByJTA
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994