Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage at ceremony marking 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85

Argentinian President Javier Milei met former hostage Iair Horn on July 17 at a ceremony marking 32 years since the 1994 suicide bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Israeli Ambassador to Argentina Eyal Sela informed Milei of Horn's presence shortly after the president arrived and arranged a brief exchange before the event began.

Horn, an Israeli with Argentinian citizenship, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz to Gaza on October 7 along with his younger brother Eitan Horn.

Iair Horn was held for 498 days before release while Hamas kept Eitan in captivity for 737 days. " AMIA President Osvaldo Armosa stated at the event that the investigation into the attack remains "stuck, dormant, or buried in a drawer" after 32 years. He praised Milei's government for its support of Israel and its stance against Iran, the IRGC, and terrorist organizations.

Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Shimon Axel Wahnish spoke at a separate AMIA commemoration in Jerusalem on July 16. "For 32 years, I’ve been hearing that it was an attack against the Jewish community, against Argentina as a whole. But, even if both claims are true, I like to think of it as a wider attack against humanity as a whole," Wahnish said at the Foreign Ministry event.

Other attendees at the Buenos Aires ceremony included Secretary General of the Presidency Karina Milei, Supreme Court ministers from Paraguay and Uruguay, Chilean deputies, and representatives of the U.S. Anti-Defamation League.