Diplomatic sources told Al-Monitor that Lebanese and Argentinian officials have reached a consensus of opinion over an issue that remained unresolved for 20 years, namely, the April 17, 1992, suicide car bomb attack at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. The attack left 29 people dead and 242 injured. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity, affirming that the issue had been laid to rest during the visit of a Lebanese delegation to Argentina Dec. 15-16, headed by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.
The Lebanese delegation insisted on bringing up the attack in an attempt to be transparent and to bring an end to two-decade-old media rumors. At the time of the attack, some media outlets reported on Israeli information accusing Hezbollah of carrying out the attack and demanding that measures be taken against Lebanon to induce cooperation in the investigation of the crime. This, officials from the delegation told Al-Monitor, was all the while knowing that Lebanese authorities had cooperated from the beginning.
