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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 Efraim Elrom 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 morning 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.
June 28, 1984: Colombo, Sri Lanka. A
bomb was detontated near the hotel room occupied by the head of the
Israeli Interest Section in Sri Lanka. The explosion caused damage to the
room and its contents.
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.
February 16, 1988: Manila, Philippines:
An explosive device was detonated outside the building housing the Israeli
Embassy in Manila. There were no injuries.
May 1988: Attempt to attack the Israel
Embassy in Nicosia Cyprus, using a car bomb, detonated a few hundred
meters away, killing several policeman.
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 Argentineans, including elderly residents of a
nearby nursing home, and schoolchildren on a passing bus.
March 11, 1994: Bangkok, Thailand. A
hi-jacked truck laden with explosives was intercepted on its way to an
carry out an attack against the Israeli embassy in Bangkok, after hitting
a local motorcycle. The terrorist fled the scene, and the body of the
murdered driver was later found in the vehicle by local police.
July 26, 1994: London, England. A bomb
exploded outside the Israeli Embassy in London. Several embassy personnel
were injured.
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.
July 30,
2004: The Israeli ambassador's personal bodyguard and four local
policemen were killed in a dual suicide bombing outside the Israeli and
American embassies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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