Israel Foreign Ministry
MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD AND ISRAELI EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD
- September 8, 1969:
The Israeli embassies in the Hague and Bonn, and
the Brussels office of Israel's El Al airline were attacked within
minutes of each other, with bombs and grenades. Three El Al employees
and a customer were injured in the Brussels attack, while none were
hurt in the other two bombings.
- May 4, 1970:
Asuncion, Paraguay. Two armed Palestinians broke into
the office of the Israeli Consulate and fired at the employees. An
Israeli secretary, Edna Pe'er, was killed, and a local worker was
injured. The perpetrators were apprehended and sentenced to long
prison terms.
- May 28, 1971:
Istanbul, Turkey. Israeli Consul El-Rom was
assassinated. The Turkish Liberation Army claimed responsibility.
- September 10, 1972:
Brussels, Belgium. An employee of the Israeli
Embassy was assaulted and wounded. Fatah/Black September claimed
responsibility.
- September 19, 1972:
London, England. Agricultural counsellor/
attache Ami Shechori was killed by the explosion of a letter bomb
sent to him. Black September claimed responsibility.
- December 28, 1972:
Bangkok, Thailand. The Israeli Embassy was taken
over by four terrorists. Six embassy personnel were taken hostage,
and were released by the terrorists 19 hours later.
- July 1, 1973:
Washington D.C. Yosef (Joe) Allon, air force attache
in the Israeli Embassy in Washington, was shot to death outside his
home.
- November 13, 1979:
Lisbon, Portugal. An attempt was made on the
life of Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Eldar, who was wounded in the
attack. A guard at the embassy was killed, and the ambassador's
chauffeur and a local policeman were injured.
- August 10, 1981:
Two bombs were thrown at the Israeli embassy in
Vienna in the early morining hours, injuring a 75-year old woman and
damaging an adjoining house. Later the same day, two explosive
devices went off outside the Israeli diplomatic mission in Athens,
causing slight damage to the facility.
- April 3, 1982:
Paris, France. A young woman shot and killed Ya'acov
Bar-Simantov, attache in the Israeli Embassy in Paris, outside his
home. The Revolutionary Armed Factions of Lebanon claimed
responsibility for the attack. The assailant succeeded in escaping.
- June 4, 1982:
London, England. Israeli Ambassador in Britain,
Shlomo Argov, was shot in the head and seriously wounded when leaving
a diplomatic affair in a hotel in the center of London. The three
terrorists were apprehended, tried and sentenced to 30-35 years
imprisonment.
- September 23, 1982:
Malta. The Israeli Charge D'Affaires in Malta
Mrs. Esther Milo was almost kidnapped by a four-man group as she was
about to enter her car. She was lightly injured and the attempt
failed. The attack was attributed to the Abu Nidal terror group.
- December 3, 1982:
Quito, Ecuador. A bomb concealed in a suitcase
exploded in the building housing the Israeli Embassy. Two local
policemen were killed and a local woman was injured. The building
suffered considerable damage. A local organization claimed
responsibility.
- December 23, 1982:
Sydney, Australia. A bomb exploded in the
Israeli Consulate building in Sydney. Two people, including a local
employee, were wounded. The Abu Ibrahim faction claimed
responsibility.
- June 5, 1984:
Cairo, Egypt. Security officer of the Israeli
Embassy, Zvi Kedar, was wounded in the hand by a shot fired from a
moving vehicle.
- October 4, 1984:
Cyprus. A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of
the Israeli Embassy in Cyprus. The building suffered severe damage.
The Abu Musa organization was responsible for the attack.
- August 20, 1985:
Cairo, Egypt. An employee of the Israeli Embassy,
Albert Atrakchi, was shot and killed while driving in his car. His
wife and an embassy secretary were wounded. Responsibility was
claimed by the Islamic Jihad - the revolutionary organization of
Egypt.
- March 19, 1986:
Cairo, Egypt. Eti Telor, wife of an employee in the
Israeli Embassy in Cairo, was killed and three embassy employees were
injured in an attack on their car, near the Israel pavilion at the
Cairo Trade Fair.
- March 7, 1992:
Ankara, Turkey. Ehud Sadan was killed by an
explosive device attached to his car. The Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah
and the Islamic Revenge Organization claimed responsibility.
- March 17, 1992:
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A terrorist bomb
demolished the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Approximately 300 people were wounded and 28 killed, among them four
Israelis embassy personnel, four local embassy employees, and scores
of innocent Argentinians, including elderly residents of a nearby
nursing home, and schoolchildren on a passing bus.
- July 26, 1994:
London, England. A bomb exploded outside the Israeli
Embassy in London. Several embassy personnel were injured.
- Bangkok, Thailand.
A truck laden with explosives was intercepted on
its way to an carry out an attack against the Israeli embassy in
Bangkok.
- September 22, 1997:
Two Israeli embassy security personnel were
injured in an attack in Amman, Jordan, while in the course of duty.
- October 1, 1998:
A grenade was found and safely dismantled outside
the Israeli Embassy in Brussels.
- February 17, 1999:
Some 100 rioters broke into the Israeli
Consulate General in Berlin, Germany, brandishing clubs, hammers, and
iron bars. Israeli security guards shot and killed three of the
rioters in self-defense after they took a woman hostage and tried to
seize weapons.
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