Israel-Hamas war brings back pain to Argentine Jewish community decades after major bombing attack
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A mural covers the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. It was the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentinas history, killing 85 and injuring 300. It came two years after a 1992 bombing on the Israeli embassy in Argentina, killing 29. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Marina Degtiar poses for a photo at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. A bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center where her 21-year-old brother Cristian used to work, the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina's history, killed 85 Degtiar's brother among them. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Marina Degtiar shows a picture of herself and her brother Cristian at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. A bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center where her 21-year-old brother Cristian used to work, the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina's history, killed 85 - Degtiar's brother among them. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)The names of people who died in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center are on display at the site of the attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The 1994 attack killed 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Patricia Strier poses for a portrait with family photos including her sister Mirta at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Strier's sister died in the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentina's history in 1994 when a bomb-laden van exploded inside the AMIA Jewish community center, killing 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)FILE - Firefighters and rescue workers search through the rubble of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center after a car bomb rocked the building on July 18, 1994. It was the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentinas history, killing 85 and injuring 300. It came two years after a 1992 bombing on the Israeli embassy in Argentina, killing 29. (AP Photo/Alejandro Pagni, File)Sandra Miasnik, an aunt of Argentine-Israeli infant Kfir Bibas, a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, attends a gathering one day before his first birthday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Seven Argentine nationals were killed and 15 more were snatched from their homes on Oct. 7, 2023, including Mianisks baby cousin who was 9-months-old, the youngest Israeli kidnapped by Hamsas and taken to Gaza. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Sandra Miasnik, right, an aunt of Argentine-Israeli infant Kfir Bibas, a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, attends a gathering one day before his first birthday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Seven Argentine nationals were killed and 15 more were snatched from their homes on Oct. 7, 2023, including Mianisks baby cousin who was 9-months-old, the youngest Israeli kidnapped by Hamsas and taken to Gaza. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Photos of people kidnapped by Hamas cover a wall and demand their release in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. When Hamas militants attacked numerous targets in Israel on Oct. 7, 2024, killing hundreds and abducting others, many Argentines were reminded of the 1994 bombing attack on the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A mural covers the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. It was the worst bombing attack on civilians in Argentinas history, killing 85 and injuring 300. It came two years after a 1992 bombing on the Israeli embassy in Argentina, killing 29. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)