The Israeli Embassy received an emailed bomb threat on Wednesday morning, the embassy has confirmed to the Herald. The U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires also received an emailed bomb threat, according to the Argentine police.

The Israeli Embassy’s head of security told police that it had received a bomb threat in its official email inbox. A federal bomb squadron did not detect any explosive devices at the Embassy, according to police sources. 

Police blocked off the streets surrounding the Israeli Embassy, which is on Avenida de Mayo two blocks from Plaza de Mayo, and a police helicopter was flying over the area.

The embassy and surrounding businesses were evacuated while the police checked the building. At 11 a.m., around thirty people were waiting for the results of the operation on the corner of Maipú and Bartolomé Mitre, around two blocks away. Carmen Domínguez, who works nearby at Argentina’s transport regulator, told the Herald that she had been evacuated, while workers at a local coffee shop said they had not been made to evacuate, but had left the building as a precaution.

A federal bomb squadron was also dispatched to the U.S. Embassy, according to police.

The U.S. Embassy in Argentina told the Herald: “There are no credible threats against the U.S. Embassy in Argentina and we are continuing to operate normally. Additionally, Argentine police personnel have temporarily been stationed outside the Embassy because of recent world events.”

They confirmed that the building had not been evacuated.

It comes 11 days after Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza strip, launched a ground and air attack on Israel. Israel responded with air strikes and a complete blockade of Gaza.

On July 18, 1994, 85 people were killed and 300 wounded in the bombing of the Argentine–Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), an important Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Two years before that, the Israel embassy in Buenos Aires had also suffered a bombing attack that killed 22 people.