In 1992 the Israeli embassy was destroyed by a car bomb that also killed 29 people. It was one of two major terrorist incidents in the 1990s, the other being the destruction of AMIA, the local Jewish community center, a couple of years later. The site is near the Retiro train station, on the corner of Arroyo and Suipacha. Today there's a small plaza where the embassy used to stand. The outline of the structure is visible in the medianera of the building next door.
Walking around Buenos Aires you'll see a lot of old houses which have been demolished leaving only an outline in the medianera, the wall shared by adjacent buildings. Looking at this corner I assumed at first it was a demolished house that had been turned into a park. It was only when I approached that I could see the full story.
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