The Israeli embassy in London was car bombed in 1994, eight days after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Through 2005 the opening said Hezbollah "is blamed by the United Kingdom, Argentina and Israel for the three terrorist attacks carried out against Jewish and Israeli targets." Today's opening says only that the bombing injured twenty civilians and that a second bomb exploded outside a Jewish charity's premises; the word "terror" survives 5 times in the body but not in the opening. A reader today does not learn that three governments blamed Hezbollah for the bombing as an act of terrorism.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 5.
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The opening as it read in 2005
1994 Eight days after the AMIA Bombing in Argentina, a car bomb exploded outside the Israeli embassy in London, injuring 14 people. The car was packed with 20 to 30 pounds of explosives, and blew up minutes after the driver left it. The Israeli Ambassador and British intelligence experts blamed pro-Iranian extremists, probably linked to Hezbollah . Thirteen hours later a similar car bomb exploded outside a Jewish charity in North London. Two Palestinian science graduates who were educated in the UK, Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami, were apprehended in 1995, and found guilty of the bombings in 1996. They were sentenced to 20 years in jail, and lost their appeal in 2001.1In all, Hezbollah is blamed by the United Kingdom , Argentina and Israel for the three terrorist attacks carried out against Jewish and Israeli targets on July 18 and July 28. 96 people were killed and 320 wounded in the attacks.2
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In the Israeli Embassy Attack in London —which took place on 26 July 1994, eight days after the AMIA bombing in Argentina —a car bomb exploded outside the Israeli embassy in London , injuring 20 people. The car was packed with 20 to 30 pounds of explosives, and blew up minutes after the driver left it. The Israeli Ambassador and British intelligence experts blamed pro- Iranian extremists, allegedly linked to Hezbollah .Thirteen hours later a similar car bomb exploded outside Balfour House , the headquarters in London of the main Zionist organisations, injuring six.Five Palestinians were arrested in London in January 1995 in connection with both bombings.In December 1996, two of them, both Palestinian science graduates who were educated in the UK, Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami , were found guilty of " conspiracy to cause explosions " at the Old Bailey . They were sentenced to 20 years in jail, and lost their appeal in 2001. Nobody has been convicted for the actual bombings.Botmeh was released from prison on 5 August 2008.
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The 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack was a car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London. 20 civilians were injured.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London The 1994 London Israeli Embassy bombing was a car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London . Twenty civilians were injured.A second bomb was exploded outside Balfour House, Finchley , premises occupied by the Jewish Philanthropic Institution for Israel.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
26 July 1994 car bombing of Israeli embassy building The 1994 London Israeli Embassy bombing was a car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London , England . Twenty civilians were injured. A second bomb was exploded outside Balfour House, Finchley , premises occupied by the UJIA , a registered British charity.
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