Major Attacks on Israeli Targets
The blast in Argentina was the second attack on Israeli diplomats this month. Here is a list of some major attacks on Israeli targets and diplomats around the world:
Attacks
September, 1972--Palestinian guerrillas seize dormitory of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany. Eleven athletes and five guerrillas are killed.
December, 1972--Palestinian guerrillas take over the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, hold six employees hostage before releasing them after 19 hours.
August, 1976--Four passengers are killed aboard El Al airliner in Istanbul, Turkey.
December, 1985--Customers at El Al counters at Rome and Vienna airports are attacked by terrorists with machine guns and grenades. Twenty people are killed, more than 100 wounded.
May, 1988--Car bomb detonates near Israeli Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, killing three and injuring 17.
March 17, 1992--Car bomb explodes at Israeli Embassy in Argentina, killing 21 and injuring more than 250. The death toll may rise.
Diplomats Killed
May 4, 1970--Edna Peer, embassy secretary in Asuncion, Paraguay.
May 28, 1971--Efraim Elrom, consul general in Istanbul.
Sept. 19, 1972--Ami Shehori, agricultural attache in London.
July 1, 1973--Yosef Allon, aeoronautics attache in Washington.
April 28, 1975--Giora Raviv, deputy consul in Johannesburg.
March 31, 1982--Yaakov Bar Siman Tov, attache in Paris.
August 20, 1985--Albert Atrakchi, Cairo attache.
March 20, 1986--Etty Tel-Or, wife of Cairo attache.
March 7, 1992--Security chief at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, killed by a car bomb.
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