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John Cornyn: “In 1992, at Iran's direction, Hezbollah bombed the Israeli…”

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Cornyn Chairs Drug Caucus Hearing on Hezbollah's Drug Trafficking in Latin America

Published October 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:53

Hezbollah's threat to the United States and Israel is not geographically confined to the Middle East. In 1992, at Iran's direction, Hezbollah bombed the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 people and wounding 242. And in 1994, Hezbollah ordered. Iran ordered Hezbollah to carry out the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association Jewish Society Community center, killing another 85 people and wounding more than 300. (01:53–02:04)

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Asserts that Hezbollah bombed the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992 under Iran's direction.

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